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'''Communication satellites''' ([[COM]]Sats) are small, automated satellites placed in orbit around [[UNSC]] colonies and space to relay COM signals.  
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'''Communication satellites''', sometimes abbreviated as '''COM satellites''' or '''comsats''', are small, automated satellites placed in orbit around [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colonies and in space to relay communications signals.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=3}} Together, an array of COM satellites form a [[COM|SATCOM network]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR28|TFoR|Chapter=28}}


They are found in orbit above several major UNSC worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Reach]], and [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. They can be accessed through the planetary network, and [[AI]]s such as [[Cortana]] have done so for various purposes.
They are found in orbit above several major UNSC worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Reach]], and [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. They can be accessed through the planetary network, and [[Artificial intelligence|AIs]] such as [[Cortana]] and [[Serina]] have done so for various purposes.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR28}}


Cortana once hijacked COMsat 419 during the [[MJOLNIR]] shields test at Reach.
The [[BLACK WIDOW communications satellite]] is a type of COMsat deployed by [[prowler]] stealth ships.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=32}}


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''


"419" is also seen as "Echo 419", Foehammer's call sign. These numbers (4, 1, 9) add up to 14 = 7 +  [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|seven]].
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category: UNSC]]
[[Category:Communications technology]]
[[Category: Technology]]

Latest revision as of 05:39, April 25, 2023

Communication satellites, sometimes abbreviated as COM satellites or comsats, are small, automated satellites placed in orbit around UNSC colonies and in space to relay communications signals.[1] Together, an array of COM satellites form a SATCOM network.[2]

They are found in orbit above several major UNSC worlds, including Earth, Reach, and Sigma Octanus IV. They can be accessed through the planetary network, and AIs such as Cortana and Serina have done so for various purposes.[2]

The BLACK WIDOW communications satellite is a type of COMsat deployed by prowler stealth ships.[3]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 3
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 28
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 32