If satellite sync is given a redirect for an HTTP GET of an rpm, it will follow it an successfully grab the rpm. For subsequent rpm HTTP GETs, it will continue to go directly to that redirected location, looking for the first rpm, rather than going back to the parent rhn, and asking for the new rpm.

Satellite side log:
13:31:34 Downloading rpm packages
13:31:34    Fetching any missing RPMs: rhel-i386-as-4.6.z (4082)
13:31:34       1/4082 Fetch successful: php-domxml-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm (48179 byt
es)
13:31:35       2/4082 Fetch unsuccessful: php-gd-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm
13:31:35       3/4082 Fetch unsuccessful: php-imap-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm


Redirected-to host log:
10.10.76.132 - - [09/Feb/2009:13:32:56 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/fake-akamai.cgi/rhn/repository/NULL/php-domxml/4.3.9-3.2/i386/php-domxml-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm?__gda__=1234204594_25073e0e3b9324f85904fd290f3ee14b HTTP/1.1" 200 48179 "-" "rhn.rpclib.py/$Revision: 92982 $"
10.10.76.132 - - [09/Feb/2009:13:32:56 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/fake-akamai.cgi/rhn/repository/NULL/php-domxml/4.3.9-3.2/i386/php-domxml-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm?__gda__=1234204594_25073e0e3b9324f85904fd290f3ee14b HTTP/1.1" 200 48179 "-" "rhn.rpclib.py/$Revision: 92982 $"
10.10.76.132 - - [09/Feb/2009:13:32:56 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/fake-akamai.cgi/rhn/repository/NULL/php-domxml/4.3.9-3.2/i386/php-domxml-4.3.9-3.2.i386.rpm?__gda__=1234204594_25073e0e3b9324f85904fd290f3ee14b HTTP/1.1" 200 48179 "-" "rhn.rpclib.py/$Revision: 92982 $"