spy satellite

spy satellite
An artificial space satellite used for reconnaissance or intelligence gathering.

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  • Spy satellite — A spy satellite (officially referred to as a reconnaissance satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications. The first generation type (i.e. Corona [… …   Wikipedia

  • spy satellite — satellite used for espionage …   English contemporary dictionary

  • spy satellite — noun a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions • Hypernyms: ↑satellite, ↑artificial satellite, ↑orbiter …   Useful english dictionary

  • Satellite imagery — consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites. History satellite system.All satellite images produced by NASA are published by Earth Observatory and are freely available to the public. Several other… …   Wikipedia

  • spy — [spī] vt. spied, spying [ME spien < OFr espier < OHG spehōn, to search out, examine < IE base * spek̑ , to spy, watch closely > L specere, to see, Sans spaśati, (he) sees, Gr skopein, to observe] 1. to watch or observe closely and… …   English World dictionary

  • Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit …   Wikipedia

  • spy — 01. The British government has accused an official in the Russian Embassy of being a [spy]. 02. The boys were [spying] on the girls as they were getting dressed. 03. New technology allows this [spy] plane to fly undetected by radar. 04. The… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • satellite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hireling, dummy, puppet; moon; artificial satellite, space station; slave state. See astronautics, universe, accompaniment, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A small planet that revolves around a… …   English dictionary for students

  • Spy ship — A spy ship is a dedicated ship intended to gather intelligence, usually by means of sophisticated electronic eavesdropping gear. In a wider sense, any ship intended to clandestinely gather information could be considered a spy ship.Spy ships are… …   Wikipedia

  • spy — [[t]spa͟ɪ[/t]] spies, spying, spied 1) N COUNT A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy... The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy …   English dictionary

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