Are anti-satellite and orbital weapons the same thing?

Was the report about anti-satellite weapons rather than weapons stationed in space?

Weapons launched at satellites differ from systems stationed in orbit; the proposed orbital system remains unverified.

Anti-satellite systems such as SM-3 and aircraft-launched missiles can attack objects in orbit without being stationed there. Weapons kept in space would be a different deployment arrangement. Protecting the large American satellite constellation is suggested as a possible mission for such systems. The actual hardware and purpose remain unknown.