A classified analysis of electronic and satellite data conducted by the United States and Malaysian

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6. Satellites can detect that an object is present somewhere, but unless that object is

specifically being tracked, the SAT moves on. If a SAT picked up the plane, it picked it up during a snapshot of time and only had it for a minute amount of time. Where the object went after that snapshot is a subject of guesswork, hence the two flight path possibilities. It is likely now that analytical work is being done to eliminate one of the possibilities, but that will require discovery of other information, like another SAT or ground radar finding the plane soon after the US SAT found it, but that may require that countries like China or Russia must release information that they don't want seen by the eyes of US analysts.