Why satellites do not eliminate naval surprise

Have satellites and modern communications taken surprise out of naval warfare?

No; limited and partly predictable surveillance coverage still permits strategic surprise and sometimes tactical surprise.

A viewer asks whether satellites and communications have removed surprise from naval warfare. Strategic surprise remains possible, and tactical surprise may also survive because surveillance assets are finite. Satellite orbits and reconnaissance-aircraft movements can be predicted, while their coverage cannot be concentrated everywhere at once. Deception, emission control, timing, and information overload can exploit those gaps even in a sensor-rich battlespace.