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And according to real time tracking, it's about to fly over Libya:

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=37375

No surprise that the US is flying it's secret space spy plane over the country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_L...

It's hardly a secret craft - if amateur astronomers can find it, you can bet most of the world's intelligence agencies know quite a bit about it - and now that the West has total air control over all of Libya a space plane that'll pass over the area only once every couple orbits would be a pretty stupid way to do recon.

Fly a few dozen Predators or use the existing air assets already patrolling over Libya and you'll get better data.

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