spaceborne

American  

[speys-bawrn, -bohrn] / ˈspeɪsˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn /

adjective

1. moving in orbit around the earth.

   a spaceborne surveillance system.

2. traveling through or operating in space.

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Etymology

Origin of spaceborne

First recorded in 1965–70; space + (air)borne

Example Sentences

The team is now working to enhance the performance and integration of the system, with a long-term goal of installing it on a spaceborne platform such as a small satellite.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Instead, astrophysicists believe the best defense is to knock asteroids off course long before they make their final approach, like a spaceborne billiards game yet with higher stakes.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2023

Possible answers invoke myriad world-making methods, from titanic impacts to the gluing together of spaceborne hail, where the conglomerating force of gravity may battle disruptions from magnetic whirlpools that nascent worlds are thought to encounter.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

While cracks weren’t spotted on Rattlesnake Ridge until October, the spaceborne radar shows that the hill was already shifting in early spring.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2018

After all, the human race had been spaceborne for only six thousand years—scarcely time for any real differences to develop.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)