and lets face it, the type of orbit will show the purpose

True but unlike the SpaceX, other ULA, ESA even some Soviet launches, they didn’t follow it until satellite deployment, since the “customer” asked them not too. It’s believed to be a geosynchronous satellite which likely means communication intercept rather than spy camera.

It isn’t like people wouldn’t know about the launch. Do you think that people aren’t going to notice a giant rocket on the launch pad taking off? Do think that, if they don’t say anything, no one will ask them about it?