"launched this work" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone has started a project or task. For example, "John launched this work when he begin his new job as a web designer."
It is essentially what launched the work of E. D. Hirsch Jr. decades ago.
Driven by the aforementioned considerations, we launched the working hypothesis that autophagy constitutes (one of) the major mechanism(s) through which longevity-extending drugs operate.
"That's why we are reassessing all of those claimants, and launching the work programme to provide specialist back to work support," he said.
So it was like, "We're launching the work… No, we're not".
The environmental protection minister, Chen Jining, had said in a news conference as the film was launched: "I think this work has an important role in promoting public awareness of environmental health issues, so I'm particularly pleased about this event".
We've been doing that since 2009 (although the TIF Illumination Project formally launched in February of 2013, this work has been going on for quite a while).
"Our new product development team at Dennis was launched to work on exactly this basis and bring products to life swiftly".
"But instead I was working on launching this Chideo site for an experience where you can enter a sweepstakes and go with me on a global mission with one of our projects with GiveLove.org, where we do ecological sanitation work in the neediest communities around the world".
We appreciate your patience as we launch this new service, and are working hard to minimize inconvenience caused by this service interruption.
In fact, we can launch much of this work right now with existing technology.
