Orbiting telescopes were telescopes that were launched or built in space near a planet, and then followed an orbit around it. Beings could use the telescope via controls located on the planet.
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Orbiting telescopes were used through out the galaxy to monitor far away events and locations, such as the ones used by ExGal-4 while monitoring the Galactic Horizon. These telescopes where the first devices to see Yuuzhan Vong technology, however at the time it was believed to be simply an asteroid.