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Oh it absolutely is. You park your collection satellite right behind the target satellite, so you soak up all the transmissions that overshoot.

http://spaceflight101.com/shijian-17-rendezvous-with-chinasa...

The NSA has been known to use their imaging satellites to find transmitters which they can then snoop on once they know where they are pointing.



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