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Is it really good idea to make satellites "hidden" from sight? As a general idea it feels like an obstacle should be visible. Not hidden. Camouflaging a cell phone mast as a tree is one thing. Making a sattelite invisible sounds very much like not the same thing

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Surely satellite collision avoidance is not based on visual checks?

I would assume it's a combination of globally shared known trajectories plus radar tracking stations.

The floating ring of space debris around Earth would like to have a word with you.

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