On the military level, the need for Empire Navy reconnaissance satellites is not very urgent, and there is no reason to use valuable resources to develop reconnaissance satellites.
In the past ten years, only the Newland Navy has become a true strategic opponent. In the previous decades, the Newland Navy was, at most, a threat of some concern. As for the navies of the Western Continent conglomerates, they were not considered significant by the Imperial Navy, neither then nor even now.
In comparison, the global navigation satellite system led by the Air Force is more valuable.
It is clear that if the intelligence provided by the reconnaissance satellites lacks tactical value, then the commander of the Newland Fleet would not be concerned when making deployments.
