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ASAT

ASAT

1 9.9
Describes weapons or systems that destroy satellites in space
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: ASAT
  • During the demonstration, the ASAT system successfully intercepted a satellite 300 kilometers above the Earth.

Examples

  • The military tested its new ASAT weapon designed to target and destroy enemy satellites.

  • Engineers are developing an ASAT technology to enhance national security against potential orbital threats.

  • If he had not come, everything would have been transferred into sahajism, wherein all philosophy is asat-sampradaya (outside the parampara line of philosophy, spiritual sentiments, and behavior).

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Synonyms

antisatellite
vsASAT
  • Specialized
1 9.1

Relating to weapons that destroy satellites in space

is the abbreviated form used for the same purpose

Surface Forms

ASAT positive

Etymology

ASAT is a short form of anti- ('against') and satellite ('a human-made object in space'), so it literally means a weapon 'against satellites'. That's why ASAT refers to devices or systems made to attack or destroy satellites in orbit.