There is no point in arguing. If someone reported 10+times is still flying and still selfdestructing that means the devs just plain don't care. That won't be changed anyway. The only thing that results in game team action is... posting movies or mentioning them by name. That is an offense...

If you see enemy going behing cover - better to hit with half charge than miss with full charge. You can switch targets without stopping the charge though. Also, you don't have to select a target - just shoot into the middle of the small rectangle of not-targeted enemy.

Answering your earlier statement - seeing 4 red triangles going to a sat ~10 seconds before the sat will start pulsing can mean a difference between succesful save and sat tlip to enemy.