Indeed, and if there are no geostationary sats, where did this AMATEUR picture of a geostationary sat come from?



Or how about this image of the genesis spacecraft that left earth orbit to go collect particles from the sun? This picture was taken as the spacecraft was still over a day from returning to earth, and 285,000 kilometers away (incredible when you think about it, and also taken by an amateur using an LX200)



Even better, how was it that amateurs were able to record pictures of apollo 8 on the way to the moon? After trans-lunar injection a fuel dump was performed from the expended S-IVB stage, making the spacecraft highly visible, even without a telescope:



So here's the evidence that spacecraft have travelled beyond low earth orbit, all courtesy of private citizens; people who are not part of the government, and therefore have no reason to participate in some super-secret illuminati conspiracy. So where's your evidence matt?