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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}}


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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}}
'''Communication satellites''' ([[COM]]Sats) are small, automated satellites placed in orbit around [[UNSC]] colonies and space to relay COM signals.  


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.
The [[BLACK WIDOW communications satellite]] is a type of COMsat deployed by [[prowler]] stealth ships.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=32}}


Cortana once hijacked COMsat 419 during the [[MJOLNIR]] shields test at Reach.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''


==Trivia==
==Sources==
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"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]].
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