Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Directed against enemy satellites.

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  • adjective military Intended to destroy or incapacitate a satellite

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  • adjective of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ satellite

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Examples

  • China’s interest in antisatellite weapons had quickened after the 1991 Gulf War showcased the accuracy of U.S. space-guided weapons.

    Space Invaders 2008

  • China’s interest in antisatellite weapons had quickened after the 1991 Gulf War showcased the accuracy of U.S. space-guided weapons.

    Space Invaders 2008

  • China’s interest in antisatellite weapons had quickened after the 1991 Gulf War showcased the accuracy of U.S. space-guided weapons.

    Space Invaders 2008

  • Furthermore, Washington is undertaking initiatives — including advances in antisatellite warfare and in wide-area remote sensing, designed to find “relocatable” mobile missile launchers — that will make China’s nuclear forces vulnerable.

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • Furthermore, Washington is undertaking initiatives — including advances in antisatellite warfare and in wide-area remote sensing, designed to find “relocatable” mobile missile launchers — that will make China’s nuclear forces vulnerable.

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • Furthermore, Washington is undertaking initiatives — including advances in antisatellite warfare and in wide-area remote sensing, designed to find “relocatable” mobile missile launchers — that will make China’s nuclear forces vulnerable.

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • In January 2007, China successfully demonstrated an antisatellite weapon.

    Back to the Moon—For a Fraction of the Old Price Charles Miller 2012

  • Furthermore, political considerations are unlikely to allow the use of antisatellite weapons in most scenarios.

    Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch 2009

  • A year after China's antisatellite test, the U.S. demonstrated its own capabilities by blowing up a dead spy satellite with a modified ballistic-missile interceptor.

    China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might Julian E. Barnes 2012

  • While China is likely to be rational in its use of antisatellite weapons, the same cannot be said about North Korea and Iran.

    Back to the Moon—For a Fraction of the Old Price Charles Miller 2012

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