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LONG DURATION ORBITAL ANTISATELLITE INTERCEPTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

[An interceptor] launched into a storage orbit, where it awaits the command to engage a target satellite.

OBS

long-duration orbital interceptor; long-duration orbital ASAT interceptor; long-duration orbital ASAT: various concepts include farsats, nearsats, space mines, fragmentation rings and space-to-space missiles.

OBS

ASAT: antisatellite or anti-satellite.

Key term(s)
  • long duration orbital interceptor
  • long duration orbital ASAT interceptor
  • long duration orbital anti-satellite interceptor
  • long duration orbital antisatellite interceptor
  • long duration orbital ASAT
  • long duration orbital antisatellite
  • long duration orbital anti-satellite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
OBS

Les intercepteurs orbitaux à longue durée de vie se divisent en plusieurs sous-catégories. On retrouve notamment les farsats, les nearsats, les mines spatiales, les anneaux de fragmentation et les missiles espace-espace.

Spanish

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