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reconnaissance satellite
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satellite that covertly collects data for intelligence or military applications
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Within Vinony's link graph, reconnaissance satellite is referenced by 1,206 other articles, and connects out to satellite imagery, Earth observation satellite and Corona.
It sits within the topics Earth observation satellites, Espionage devices and Reconnaissance satellites.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
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- military satellite
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- Kh-4b corona.jpg
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- Category:Reconnaissance satellites
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Encyclopedic overview
A list of the types of U.S. reconnaissance satellites deployed from 1960 onward Aerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad made by the CIA. KH-4B Corona satellite U.S. Lacrosse radar spy satellite under construction A model of a German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite inside a Cosmos-3M rocket. Microwave interception (Rhyolite)
A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
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