How do you know the tracking stations weren't in on the hoax?Yep, along with millions of others around the world, and the Soviets anxiously watching, hoping for a mishap, not to mention the hundreds thousands work force around the world and tracking stations.
You're still basing your opinions on what the mainstream media say.
https://libcom.org/history/articles/cold-war-1940-1989?quicktabs_1=0
What's happening behind the scenes might be very different.
https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144487&page=44&p=4731597&viewfull=1#post4731597
The bottom line is that the anomalies in the footage and photos prove the hoax.
https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=31034
Nothing you've posted makes them go away. There are possible explanations that would explain all the stuff you put forward.