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It both utilizes the advantages of the two systems and overcomes their shortcomings. However, security issues inevitably arise in the ISMTRN resulting from the broad coverage of the satellite beams and the openness of wireless communication. One of the promising methods to achieve secure transmission is covert communication technology, which has been a hot discussion topic in recent years. In this paper, we investigate the performance of covert communication in the ISMTRN with partial relay selection. Particularly, when the satellite transmits its signal to the user, we consider the scenario that the selected relay opportunistically sends covert information to the destination. Furthermore, the closed-form error detection probability and average covert communication rate are derived. 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