Probe
Probe noun - A systematic search for the truth or facts about something.
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Synonyms for Probe
Spacecraft and probe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spacecraft" instead a noun "Probe".
Spacecraft
Spacecraft noun - A craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun.
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Synonyms for Spacecraft
Probe and spacecraft are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Probe" instead a noun "Spacecraft".
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More particularly, this is true of any launch vehicle, which is simply an enormous engine to get your (relatively) tiny spacecraft or probe up into orbit.
- The world finally begins to prepare for invasion when the Cassini probe photographs the first alien spacecraft, revealing a mile-long spacecraft armed to the teeth.
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It was the first spacecraft to use a solar sail as its main method of control (a traditional chemical rocket placed the probe on its Venus flyby trajectory) and was the first interplanetary solar sail spacecraft.
Source: Solar Sail
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