Space · Item
Satellite
Your packed satellite: an object carrying its design, programs, orbit and mass, ready for a rocket's deployer.
In the game
How to get it
Build it in the clean room's cradle, then Pack it on the console (2 000 kg at most). Drag it into the deployer slot of the rocket screen.
What it is for
Released in orbit, it runs by itself: prospects oil and ore, watches the weather, relays radio, broadcasts.
Why it exists
A small factory of electronics that works alone in the sky and talks to you.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Packing
"Pack it" reads the cradle: each device with its settings, programs (and their source), memory, plaque texts and battery charge; its mass is 1 kg per voxel plus its parts, 2 000 kg at most. The cradle empties and you get the Satellite (its name, orbit and mass in the tooltip).
The ready-made models
Oil prospector, Ore prospector, Weather eye, Relay, Broadcaster, Starter: each with two 800 W wings, a 10 kWh battery and a 512-byte chip, and a matching ground station.
In orbit
Its orbit is fixed when released and the planet turns under it: an inclined orbit sweeps every longitude. It is a small dot crossing the night sky and a track on the map. Your ship can visit it.