See also: spacebased

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  • Hyphenation: space-based

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space-based (comparative more space-based, superlative most space-based)

  1. (space science, of a weapon, facility, etc) Based in (or beginning from) space (especially in orbit, but sometimes on a planet or moon).
    • 2001, Larry G. Sills, Space-based Global Strike: Understanding Strategic and Military Implications, page 19:
      While this study focuses on the implications of space-based global strike for future U.S. military capabilities, its fundamental objective is to provoke a debate within the U.S. defense establishment []

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