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LOW ALTITUDE DIRECT ASCENT ANTI-SATELLITE INTERCEPTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 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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