Secret satellite launches

[Pi1otguy]

Don't tell anyone, but Yahoo & Space.com says we launched a super duper secret spy satellite on Sunday.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huge-rocket-launches-secret-spy-satellite-101121.html

[FONT=&quot]A huge unmanned rocket carrying a secret new spy satellite for the United States roared into space Sunday (Nov. 21) to deliver what one reconnaissance official has touted as "the largest satellite in the world" into orbit.[/FONT]

Is it virtually impossible to secretly launch a large rocket these days? At this point I don't doubt that the Russians couldn't tell a satellite launch from a missile launch.

Also, with virtually every visible object in orbit cataloged can one even hide a satellite? In this day and age, doesn't everyone know exactly when the satellite will be overhead?

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Don't forget radar tracking of virtually everything up there bigger than a large bolt.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

"the largest satellite in the world"

is it really larger than the ISStation?