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

Examples of anti-satellite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are other orbits of concern around 800 km—the altitude of the [2007] Chinese anti-satellite missile test and the [2009] Cosmos-Iridium collision. —IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2026

Some of this meandering mess is the result of the deliberate demolition of spacecraft by way of anti-satellite weapons testing. —Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025

Satellite breakups and anti-satellite tests have created an alarming amount of debris, a crisis now exacerbated by the rapid expansion of commercial constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink. —Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025

In 2007, the Chinese military tested its anti-satellite technology by launching a kill vehicle at one of its own defunct weather satellites. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-satellite

• granodiorite
• keratinocyte
• microsatellite
• montmorillonite
• reticulocyte
• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite