planetside n.
the surface of a planet; a base or other installation on a planet
The 1979 quot. could be adverbial.
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[1946
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George O. Smith
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A sixty-foot rectangular building of steel, one story high, resting upside down with the planet[-]side to the sky.]
Pattern for Conquest in Astounding Science-Fiction May 152/1 -
1959
Donald A. Wollheim
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Completing the members of the expedition was another trio chosen to act as general crew, medical and commissary men while in flight, and as a trained explorer-fighter unit while on planetside.
Secret of the Ninth Planet 37 -
1979
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Barry B. Longyear
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The rules for visiting planetside are being observed, arenβt they?
Dueling Clowns in Isaac Asimovβs Science Fiction Mar. 51 -
1986
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Dave Smeds
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The referee, as on planetside, is able to move as he sees fit in order to best watch the action.
Tournament in J. Pournelle & J. Baen Far Frontiers (#6) 73 -
2003
Scott Westerfeld
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When heβd first been assigned to planetside, Private Akman had been glad to escape the Lynx.
Killing of Worlds 186
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antedating 1959
Earliest cite
Donald Wollheim
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