Taqwus: although I can understand your argument, remember that you can use one ship as resuply ship, using a quantum reactor...
then you get the same effect without satellites.
I've never been able to get a satellite added into a fleet. Bases, yes. This lets you give a base a "support squadron" that will never run out of supplies. But I have tried and have never got it to let satellites be included in a fleet. Have you _tried_ this yet? I'd be surprised if it worked.
I see you managed to test this idea before I could. No it does not work. It makes sense that it would not due to size differences and as mentioned would greatly imbalance the game. Next time I'll test then speak.