spy satellite

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   a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions

   Broadersatellite

Questions about spy satellite

What does spy satellite mean?

spy satellite means "a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions".

Is spy satellite a common word?

spy satellite 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.