stubby Hubble

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === stubby Hubble (plural stubby Hubbles) (US, aerospace, espionage, informal) A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope. (astronautics, by extension) A satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size class, and wider field-of-view. ==== Coordinate terms ====