anti-satellite
adjective
an·ti-sat·el·lite
ˌan-tē-ˈsa-tə-ˌlīt 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antisatellite
: of, relating to, or being a system designed for the destruction or incapacitation of satellites
anti-satellite missiles
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After Russia’s last anti-satellite missile test created an orbiting minefield of shrapnel that nearly ripped through the International Space Station, Planet co-heads Robbie Schingler and Will Marshall wrote an open appeal to the White House urging a radical response.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Decades of shooting rockets into orbit, interspersed with the firing off of anti-satellite missiles to shatter spacecraft circling the globe, are surrounding Earth with ever-moving minefields that will threaten spacefarers and space stations into the future.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
The satellites have done so before to avoid colliding with debris from a 2021 Russian anti-satellite missile test.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
In 2007, China destroyed one of its own spacecraft in an anti-satellite missile test.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Decades of shooting rockets into orbit, interspersed with the firing off of anti-satellite missiles to shatter spacecraft circling the globe, are surrounding Earth with ever-moving minefields that will threaten spacefarers and space stations into the future.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
The satellites have done so before to avoid colliding with debris from a 2021 Russian anti-satellite missile test.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
In 2007, China destroyed one of its own spacecraft in an anti-satellite missile test.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Anti-satellite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-satellite. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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