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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
DEF

Pertaining to a weapon or weapon system designed to destroy or disrupt an enemy's satellite.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

anti-satellite; ASAT: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Se dit de tout moyen destiné à détruire ou perturber des satellites militaires d'un adversaire.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
DEF

A weapon designed to be used against artificial satellites.

CONT

The Air Force has plans for a variety of weapons to protect U.S. satellites, and to destroy or disable enemy satellites. They are known collectively as anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. Some would be based in space. Others would be on the ground, on ships, or mounted on airplanes. Some would be directed energy weapons (lasers or high-powered microwaves). Some would have explosive warheads, and some would destroy a target by running into it.

OBS

anti-satellite weapon; ASAT weapon: terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Système d'armes chargé de détruire, d'endommager ou de perturber le fonctionnement normal ou de modifier la trajectoire de satellites artificiels.

CONT

Les scientifiques de nombreux pays essaient de mettre au point des techniques susceptibles d'atteindre, depuis le sol terrien ou l'espace, les satellites «gênants». On les nomme ASAT (armes anti-satellites). Elles peuvent être constituées de satellites tueurs, de missiles lancés par avion et de tirs lasers.

OBS

arme antisatellite; arme ASAT : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
  • Guerra espacial
DEF

Arma espacial diseñada para incapacitar o destruir satélites con fines estratégicos militares.

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Record 3 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
OBS

antisatellite system; ASATS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • anti-satellite system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
OBS

système antisatellite; ASATS : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

An anti-satellite interceptor launched from the ground into a temporary parking orbit from which it manoeuvres to attack a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite.

OBS

ASAT: antisatellite or anti-satellite.

Key term(s)
  • low altitude short duration orbital interceptor
  • low-altitude co-orbital antisatellite interceptor
  • low-altitude co-orbital anti-satellite interceptor
  • low altitude short duration orbital antisatellite interceptor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

Ground-based interceptor that could be launched atop existing ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] designed to destroy or temporarily disable hostile satellites, using hit-to-kill technology.

Key term(s)
  • kinetic energy antisatellite weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
DEF

Intercepteur basé au sol pouvant être lancé par des ICBM [missiles balistiques intercontinentaux] existants afin de détruire ou mettre temporairement hors d'usage des satellites hostiles en utilisant la technologie de la destruction par impact direct.

Key term(s)
  • arme antisatellite à énergie cinétique

Spanish

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Record 6 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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Record 7 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

An interceptor that is launched from the ground into a temporary parking orbit from which it maneuvers to attack a high-altitude satellite.

OBS

ASAT: antisatellite or anti-satellite.

Key term(s)
  • high altitude short duration interceptor
  • high altitude short duration orbital interceptor
  • high altitude short duration ASAT interceptor
  • high altitude short duration antisatellite interceptor
  • high altitude short duration anti-satellite interceptor
  • high altitude short duration ASAT
  • high altitude short duration orbital ASAT interceptor
  • high altitude short duration orbital antisatellite interceptor
  • high altitude short duration orbital anti-satellite interceptor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

[An interceptor] launched on a booster from the ground or from an aircraft into a suborbital trajectory that is designed to intersect that of a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite.

OBS

ASAT: antisatellite or anti-satellite.

Key term(s)
  • low altitude direct ascent interceptor
  • low altitude direct ascent ASAT interceptor
  • low altitude direct ascent anti-satellite interceptor
  • low altitude direct ascent antisatellite interceptor
  • low-altitude direct-ascent antisatellite interceptor
  • low-altitude direct-ascent anti-satellite interceptor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
CONT

... the US Army began in 1989 a programme to develop a direct ascent kinetic energy ASAT [antisatellite weapon] (KE-ASAT). The main component is a kinetic kill vehicle (KKV) that would be launched by rocket booster to strike and put a hostile satellite out of service.

OBS

KE-ASAT: kinetic energy antisatellite.

Key term(s)
  • kinetic energy antisatellite kill vehicle
  • kinetic energy anti-satellite kill vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
CONT

[...] l'armée américaine a entamé en 1989 un programme de développement d'une ASAT [arme anti-satellite] à énergie cinétique (KE-ASAT) à ascension directe. Son composant principal est un véhicule de destruction cinétique (KKV) lancé par un propulseur-fusée pour frapper et mettre hors d'usage un satellite hostile.

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
Key term(s)
  • ground based antisatellite weapon
  • ground based anti-satellite weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Space Warfare
CONT

China has developed a space-based anti-satellite weapon whose name translates as "parasitic satellite" or alternatively "piggyback satellite". ... Supposedly this "parasitic satellite" can orbit close to an enemy satellite and then "lock onto it".

Key term(s)
  • space based anti-satellite weapon
  • space based antisatellite weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Guerre spatiale

Spanish

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Record 12 2010-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
CONT

A destructive antisatellite (ASAT) interceptor weapon that destroys the target satellite on impact is an example of an offensive capability that could be developed by the United States.

Key term(s)
  • anti-satellite interceptor weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Arme à énergie cinétique capable d'attaquer et d'endommager un satellite.

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
CONT

... artificial satellites in the service of promoting economic and national security would come under enhanced jeopardy given the promotion of anti-satellite weaponry prompted by the weaponization of outer space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
CONT

[...] les satellites artificiels servant à des fins économiques ou de sécurité nationale seraient menacés par la promotion d'armes antisatellites dont le déploiement serait favorisé par l'arsenation de l'espace extra-atmosphérique.

Key term(s)
  • arme antisatellite
  • arme anti-satellite

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Space Warfare
Key term(s)
  • low orbit antisatellite weapon
  • low orbit anti-satellite weapon
  • low-orbit anti-satellite weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Guerre spatiale

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Arms Control
Key term(s)
  • antisatellite talks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Contrôle des armements
Key term(s)
  • négociations anti-satellites

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Warfare
CONT

Finally, entirely novel satellite programs are in the works, aimed at developing smaller and less expensive satellites to replace existing systems which may become unacceptably vulnerable to anti-satellite attack in coming years.

Key term(s)
  • antisatellite attack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre spatiale
CONT

Les États qui ont la capacité de lancer des missiles balistiques intermédiaires ou intercontinentaux, même si ceux-ci n'ont aucune expertise dans le domaine des satellites, pourraient lancer une attaque antisatellite depuis le sol.

Key term(s)
  • attaque anti-satellite

Spanish

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Record 17 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Space Warfare
CONT

General technological advances in recent years render such weapons, from anti-satellite missiles to camera-blinding lasers, much easier to achieve at only modest levels of effort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Guerre spatiale
CONT

La possibilité d'identifier et de suivre les objets en orbite terrestre est une capacité indispensable pour protéger les États-Unis de débris orbitaux, de satellites espions ou de missiles antisatellites.

Key term(s)
  • missile anti-satellite

Spanish

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Record 18 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
Key term(s)
  • antisatellite weapon system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale

Spanish

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Record 19 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
Key term(s)
  • ground based antisatellite laser
  • ground-based anti-satellite laser
  • ground based anti-satellite laser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Armes de haute technicité
Key term(s)
  • laser anti-satellite basé au sol

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Warfare
CONT

A key component of this is the use of anti-satellite warfare to disrupt enemy communications and reconnaissance resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre spatiale

Spanish

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Record 21 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Space Weapons
OBS

The Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite (KE-ASAT) program is intended to provide the United States with the capability to neutralize hostile satellites. The objective of the KE-ASAT program is to define, develop, integrate and test the necessary Kill Vehicle (KV), weapon control subsystem component and subsystems technologies to demonstrate hit-to-kill performance, including debris mitigation against hostile satellites.

Key term(s)
  • Kinetic Energy Antisatellite program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Armes orbitales
Key term(s)
  • Arme anti-satellite à énergie cinétique
  • Arme antisatellite à énergie cinétique

Spanish

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Record 22 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
Key term(s)
  • dedicated antisatellite system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • système anti-satellite spécifique

Spanish

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Record 23 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
Key term(s)
  • dedicated antisatellite capability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • capacité anti-satellite spécifique
  • capacité spécifiquement anti-satellite

Spanish

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Record 24 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
Key term(s)
  • convertible anti-satellite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • antisatellite convertible

Spanish

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Record 25 1996-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 26 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 27 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Advanced Technology Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 28 1987-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 29 1987-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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