Definition of Spy satellite

1. Noun. A satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions.


Definition of Spy satellite

1. Noun. An artificial space satellite used for reconnaissance or intelligence gathering. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spy Satellite

sputteringly
sputterings
sputters
sputtery
sputum
sputum aerogenosum
sputum analysis
sputum culture
sputum for acid-fast organisms
sputum smear
spy
spy-fi
spy on
spy ring
spy rings
spy satellite (current term)
spy satellites
spyal
spyals
spyboat
spyboats
spycam
spycams
spycraft
spydom
spyed
spyhole
spyholes

Literary usage of Spy satellite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sorting the Pieces: Relative Connections by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"... spy satellite Ten months prior to George Bush's defeat for the presidency, he ordered that a communications satellite be produced, launched and situated ..."

2. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"Each of them had known that a single KH-12 spy satellite was effectively being time-shared with the Russians. The US intelligence community had persuaded ..."

3. U.S.-Japan Strategic Reciprocity: A Neo-Internationalist View by Edward A. Olsen (1985)
"These disclosures include the planned development of a spy satellite capable of photography and electronic monitoring of Far Eastern military developments ..."

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