anti-satellite systems
1Anti-satellite weapon — Anti satellite weapons (ASATs) are space weapons designed to destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the USA, the former USSR and the People s Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons,with India… …
2Anti-ballistic missile — An anti ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (a missile for missile defense). A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory.… …
3Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit …
4Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… …
5Boeing Integrated Defense Systems — Infobox Company company name = Boeing Integrated Defense Systems company company type = Operating Division foundation = 1939 2002 06 10 (as Boeing IDS) location city = St. Louis, Missouri location country = United States origins = key people =… …
6Kosmos (satellite) — Kosmos (Russian: Космос, IPA: [ˈkozməs], Cosmos) is a designation given to a large number of satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1, the first spacecraft to be given a Kosmos designation, was launched on… …
7Communications Satellite Act of 1962 — The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 was put into effect in order to deal with the issue of commercialization of space communications. This act was very controversial, and was left very open ended. The act was signed August 31, 1962 by… …
8Boeing Integrated Defense Systems — Boeing Defense, Space and Secutity (BDS), basé à St. Louis, Missouri, États Unis, est une division du groupe Boeing responsable du développement de produits et services de l industrie de l armement et de l aérospatiale. Integrated Defense Systems …
9Direct-broadcast satellite — For the Japanese communication satellites, see Broadcasting Satellite (Japanese). Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception. A designation broader than DBS would be… …
10Direct broadcast satellite — (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to more broadly as direct to home signals. The expression direct to home or DTH was, initially, meant to distinguish the transmissions… …
