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yes. images transmitted from a satellite can be used to spy on things. there are currently satellites in space that can read a newspaper.
weather and spy satalites
Most spy satellites can zoom into two meters per pixel. As of now only the United States has satellites that can zoom into more than two meters per pixel.
spy satellites can do the reconnaissance
It was during the cold war
Anything orbiting the earth is a satellite including the glove that floated out of the Gemini spacecraft. The obvious satellites include communication and spy. Gps also uses satellites.
satellites that spy typically in a low earth orbit with a big telescope looking down at the ground, like google satellite on steroids
In 1998 North Korea claimed to have launched a satellite into space Whether it is a spy satellite or not, is unconfirmed but if they did, the likelihood is that it probably was.
To send up satellites into space to spy on other countries
With large number of low-earth-orbit satellites and the geo-synchronous orbit stuffed full of communications satellites, there aren't all THAT many "medium" altitude satellites. But there are some. The GPS navigation satellites, for example, are in highly inclined 12-hour orbits, and an unknown number of military "spy" satellites are in that middle range.
Whenever there off for a moment jump and get off to another one as fast as you can. Repeat