Spy Satellites

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A reconnaissance satellite, otherwise known as a spy satellite, is somewhere above your head right now, collecting images and gathering intelligence on whatever it sees below it. Ten countries are currently believed to have at least one spy satellite. While these satellites can gather an enormous amount of data, they do not have the superpowers that they are often depicted as having in films and television. Learn more about spy satellites, how they work and how they have evolved over time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A reconnaissance satellite, otherwise known as a spy satellite, is somewhere above your head
0:05.2	right now collecting images and gathering intelligence on whatever it sees below. Ten countries are
0:11.5	currently believed to have at least one spy satellite. And while these satellites can gather
0:16.3	an enormous amount of data, they do not have the superpowers that they're often depicted as having
0:20.4	in films and television. Learn more about spy satellites, how they work and how they've
0:25.6	evolved over time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Expedition Unknown.
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