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=== This is NOT a Satellite ===
No: Satellites are not sent up in rockets. Satellites in "space" are always CGI adult cartoons. <ref name=AllBalloons></ref>
See document of Balloons used for satellites in the Corona Program, Space and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles, CA. Air Force Base <ref name=Corona></ref>
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FakeSatelliteLaunch.jpg|A Fake "Satellite" "Launch"
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<ref name="AllBalloons">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM5fKcU5ClI&t=294s YouTube: ALL SATELLITES ARE ON BALLOONS & 50K ft. (Audio starts at 5 minutes)]</ref>
<ref name="NASABalloon">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK_kWN0BsKs YouTube: NASA Glenn Research Center Balloon Mission Launch]</ref>
<ref name="Corona">[[:File:nroGov Balloons Corona 129.PDF|PDF: Oct. 2003 Interview with Colonel Harold E. Mitchel - Corona Program Balloon/satellites]]</ref>
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