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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}}


'''Communication satellites''', sometimes abbreviated as comsats, are small, automated satellites placed in orbit around [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colonies and in space to relay communications 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 [[Artificial intelligence|AIs]] such as [[Cortana]] and [[Serina]] have done so for various purposes.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR28}}


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


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|AI]]s such as [[Cortana]] and [[Serina]] have done so for various purposes.
==List of appearances==
[[Category:UNSC]]
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
[[Category:Human technology]]
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
 
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