Phrase guide
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noun
A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, espionage, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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noun
A satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size class, and wider field-of-view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
stubby + Hubble. From being a telescope similar to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with a shortened tube (ie. a stub). The HST itself is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
