Space · Goal
Satellite in orbit
Your satellite released in orbit, with its chip, dish, panels and battery: the Satellite patch.
In the game
How to get it
Load the packed satellite in a rocket's deployer, press "Fly to its orbit", and once there with the engine off press R.
What it is for
The Satellite patch; your satellite flies over the world and sends its readings to your ground stations.
Why it exists
The proudest moment of an engineer: something you built works alone in the sky.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Steps
1. Build and pack a Satellite in the clean room. 2. Stack a Satellite deployer on a rocket and drag the satellite onto it. 3. "Fly to its orbit" on the rocket screen, then take off. 4. In orbit, engine off: R.
The orbits
| Choice | Earth | Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Sweeps the whole planet (polar) | 600 km | 200 km |
| Stays above one spot (equator, the highest orbit) | 3 500 km | 2 000 km |
| Equator band | low | low |
The Satellite patch is given once, when a satellite of yours is released.
On the progress path
SA2SatellitesSide quest
- BeforeSA1 · Clean room and satellite lab
- This stepSA2 · Satellite in orbit
- NextSA3 · Ground station
Sub-actions (counted in your progress)
- Release the satellite — Deployer, Inertial unit, R key