Space · How it works
Release the satellite
In orbit with the engine off, R lets the satellite out of its deployer, 100 m ahead.
In the game
How to get it
Carry the satellite in a deployer; reach its orbit; cut the engine; press R.
What it is for
Put your satellite on its orbit for good; it starts working at once.
Why it exists
The proudest moment.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
The server checks the flight, then the satellite appears 100 m ahead of the rocket, on the orbit you were on. Its zone is then a small piece of the ships' world: you may visit it with your ship and even modify it.
On the progress path
SA2SatellitesSide quest
A sub-action of the step Satellite in orbit: not needed to go on, but counted in your progress.
- BeforeSA1 · Clean room and satellite lab
- This stepSA2 · Satellite in orbit
- NextSA3 · Ground station