space vehicle

1. 1.

   a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

   Synonymsspacecraftballistic capsule

   Broadercraftsatellite

   Narrowerlanderlunar excursion modulespace capsulespace shuttlestarship

   Partscabinheat shieldinertial guidance systemmodule

Questions about space vehicle

What does space vehicle mean?

space vehicle means "a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun".

What is another word for space vehicle?

Close synonyms include spacecraft, ballistic capsule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is space vehicle a common word?

space vehicle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.