noun

• An airship or hot-air balloon.

  ‘They might be balloons, airships, planes, or tethered aerostats.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘By the way, an aerostat is a tethered balloon - they may be blimp-shaped so they're stable in the wind, though.’
  • ‘He continues his work in solar and minimal powered aircraft and aerostats.’
  • ‘Licenses for the aerostats are granted by the Aviation Authority.’
  • ‘Actually, the JLENS blimp is an aerostat, a blimp like vehicle designed to always turn into the wind and stay in the same place.’
  • ‘Ground IR and radar sensors are used to cue the aerostat imaging sensor to identify targets.’