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Re:NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Space... by elil17 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:38AM (#24028627)
If they’d used those features it wouldn’t be public knowledge
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Re:NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Space... by patmorgan23 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:10AM (#24028807)
Yes it would. There's no such thing as a secret satellite, it's impossible to hide them. General astronomy would notice that their's one less satellite.
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Re:NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Space... by michaelt on Sunday August 02, 2020 @04:34PM (#24031485)
> There's no such thing as a secret satellite

No known secret satellites :)

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Re:NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Space... by Lapsed on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:17AM (#24034432)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_(satellite)
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Re:NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Space... by rsynnott on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:45PM (#24029740)
You absolutely could not conceal a polar shuttle launch. No such thing ever happened.
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