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I think it's very difficult to hide it at all times, but the idea is to hide it for periods of time long enough to confuse trackers (while at the same time changing orbits) or avoid ground stations from enemy countries from noticing.
Big stealth satellite programs don't seem to be a thing today, but probably because they have shifted to smaller, less capable but more numerous swarms of satellites.
This article is pretty good at explaining all this stuff:
https://satelliteobservation.net/2018/03/08/contested-space-ii-countermeasures/