space probe

A space probe is a scientific space mission in which a robotic spacecraft leaves the vicinity of the Earth and approaches the Moon or enters interplanetary space. Space agencies of the Soviet Union, the United States, Europe, Russia, and Japan have all launched probes to other planets in the solar system, and to several asteroids and comets.
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Noun
1. a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation
(hypernym) guided missile
(part-meronym) telemeter

Synonyms and related words:
ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score, Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS, Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun, Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer, Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor, Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond, artificial satellite, artificial satellites, communications satellite, geo probe, geodetic satellite, geophysical satellite, navigational satellite, probe, research satellite, robot satellite, satellite, space satellite, spacecraft, sputnik, unmanned satellite, weather satellite
  

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