The phrase "attempting to launch a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing efforts to initiate or start a project, product, or initiative.
Example: "The team is currently attempting to launch a new marketing campaign aimed at increasing brand awareness."
Alternatives: "trying to initiate a" or "working to start a".
South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, has accused his former deputy Riek Machar of attempting to launch a coup last Sunday.
The crowd stood unenthused as pop music blared and a voice boomed from a loudspeaker that opposition forces were attempting to launch a coup d'etat.
He also censured Stalin for attempting to launch a new purge (Doctors' Plot, 1953) shortly before his death and for his policy toward Yugoslavia, which had resulted in a severance of relations between that nation and the Soviet Union (1948).
In attempting to launch a future of standardised schools in the UK, just what kind of educational philosophy is Gove trying to promote, and how might he learn from Brazil?
"The situation has gone from bad to worse," the opposition parliamentarian Mathias Mpuuga told me the day before the Jubilee from his Kampala home, where he has been under house arrest intermittently since attempting to launch a protest walk earlier this month.
I once stood on a hillside in northern England watching a group of enthusiasts attempting to launch a rocket.
Moments later, Giuseppe Vives barged Mario Mandzukic violently off the ball in midfield before attempting to launch an immediate counter.
A militia leader fighting in the region told Reuters that US aircraft had destroyed an Islamic State patrol attempting to launch an assault on the dam.
Elon Musk's SpaceX will attempt to launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Friday.
Three years ago, the Yerushalmit Movement attempted to launch a citywide ad campaign featuring only women.
36 In 2008, former Take That manager Nigel Mattemptedto attempted to launch a boyband called ASBRO.
