reconnaissance satellite

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noun

a military satellite designed to carry out photographic surveillance, gather electronic intelligence, detect nuclear explosions, or provide early warning of strategic-missile launchings.

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How to use reconnaissance satellite in a sentence

Initially, it will be able to carry 1,000-pound satellite-guided bombs or 500-pound laser-guided weapons.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a Lynx, however, Harry could take part in reconnaissance missions and transport passengers.
Can Harry Bury the Party Prince?|Tom Sykes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For air supplier Hughes Aircraft, it was crucial satellite pieces from Russia.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus the report on the Guy Fawkes effigies, which also was picked up by RT, the English-language Russian satellite channel.
Think Putin’s Bad? Wait for the Next Guy|Anna Nemtsova|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.
Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years|Matthew R. Francis|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was captured many years ago in an attempt to overthrow the rule of Wananda upon a small satellite planet.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
At the date of Rose's first reconnaissance to this cellar, these cells were vacant and unguarded.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
Finally, to conclude this preliminary reconnaissance, the attitude of Socialism to religion is wholly unjustifiable.
The Inhumanity of Socialism|Edward F. Adams
It appears somewhat strange that no reconnaissance was made of the Russian position by the generals.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
Key-Notes of American Liberty|Various