[imtringued]

Is this a weird way of describing satellites?

[arethuza]

Well, missiles tend to follow parabolas rather than orbits - apart from the Soviet FOBS, but that required a very large ICBM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment...

[dredmorbius]

Missile size varies generally with range. Tactical, short-range, cruise, and drone-based platforms can be modest and stealthy.

[dredmorbius]

Suborbital missiles are not satellites.

So: no.