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View synonyms for space probe

space probe

noun

  1. Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.


space probe

noun

  1. a vehicle, such as a satellite, equipped to obtain scientific information, normally transmitted back to earth by radio, about the atmosphere, surface, and temperature of a planet, conditions in space, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of space probe1

First recorded in 1955–60

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