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WA-class Artificial Satellites are artificial bodies placed in orbit around fixed celestial objects (...stars, planets, moons, orbital complexes, etc.) in order to collect or disseminate information or serve other sophontic functions.

This category covers smaller artificial satellites. The larger ones can be found at Space Station.
Natural Satellites or moons can be found on pages by those names.
The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
It is a starship supraclass.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Artificial Satellites: An artifical satellite is typically a device, a structure or more rarely a small body such as a planetoid placed in orbit around a world in order to act as a platform or a base, to collect information or to relay or send communications.

Debris or wreckage may orbit a world and be classified as an artificial satellite.
Satellite Communication Network
Satellite Navigation Network

Image Repository[edit]

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)[edit]

Artificial satellites are an important part of any advanced technological sophont society and serve a vast myriad of roles under almost any imaginable function. They coordinate communication networks, spy satellites, defense nets, nuclear munitions, and much, much more.

Supraclass Roles[edit]

Artificial Satellites typically serve the following roles:

Civilian Smallcraft[edit]

Civilian smallcraft are carried by some of these vessels:

Utility Craft (U)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles[edit]

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

W-class Artificial Satellite Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Artificial Satellite	WA (Namesake)	4-C/D class Automated Interdiction Satellite	Artificial Satellites are sophont-made objects that occupy orbits around a world. Many sophont societies can achieve successful satellite launch and orbital launch by the TL:4-6 tech epoch. The first satellites tend to be science or spy satellites (...high priority military satellites), but by TL:7-9 they occupy every possible niche and function from worldwide communication networks to navigational aid systems. W = World Orbiter A = Artificial Satellite
Communications Satellite	WAC	Comstar class Commo Satellite	None C = Communications
Defense Satellite	WAH	Sentinel class Missile Platform	None H = Defender / Security
Interdiction Satellite	WAI	4-C/D class Automated Interdiction Satellite	None I = Interdiction
Navigation Satellite AKA Beacon	WAN	Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy	None N = Navigation
Intelligence Satellite AKA Spy Satellite	WAS	Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy	None S = Spy Satellite
NOTES: There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and tonnage, and yet others by other characteristics.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Civilian Ship - Artificial Satellite:

No exemplar yet available.

Military Ship - Artificial Satellite:

No exemplar yet available.

Ship Summary List[edit]

Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:

0 Representative Artificial Satellite (WA) Classes
No results

Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: (Click "Expand" to reveal)

Starship:

Starship User Types

Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)

Basic Ship Classifications
- Adventure Class Ship (Auxiliary Class Ship)
- Battle Class Ship (Bulk / Subcapital Class Ship)
- Capital Ship (Capital Class Ship)
- Fleet Class Ship (Capital Class Ship)
- Size-Role Classification
- Subcapital Ship (Small & Large Battle Class Ships)
- QSP
- USP
- World Class Ship

Ships by Function
- Bigcraft
- Boat
- Capital Ship
- Largecraft
- Non-starship
- Smallcraft
- Spaceplane
- Spaceship
- Starship
- Subcapital Ship
- Subcraft
- System Craft
- Warship

Speed of Travel

NAFAL (STL) - (Not As Fast As Light) / (Slower Than Light)
Light Speed (c)
FTL - (Faster Than Light) - "Superluminal"

Astronomical Unit (AU)

» Imperial Standard Astronomical Unit

» Solomani Parsec

» Vilani Parsec ("Deshi")

» Imperial Standard Parsec

References[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

Bob McWilliams. IISS Ship Files (Games Workshop, 1981), TBD.
Jim Cunningham. High Passage 4 (FASA, 1982), 44-47.
Marc Miller. Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1990), TBD.
Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
Author & Contributor: Baron Ovka of Ziirkago/Kasear (Vland 1930) A878654-C
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS

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+[[Artificial Satellite|WA-class Artificial Satellite]]s are artificial bodies placed in orbit around fixed celestial objects (...[[star]]s, [[planet]]s, [[moon]]s, [[orbital complex]]es, [[etc.]]) in order to collect or disseminate information or serve other [[sophont]]ic functions.
 * This category covers smaller artificial satellites. The larger ones can be found at [[Space Station]].
 * [[Natural Satellite]]s or [[moon]]s can be found on pages by those names.
 * The [[Supraclass]] designation is also known as [[Ship Mission]], [[Ship Mission Code]], Mission, or [[Ship Hull Designation]].
 * It is a [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
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 == Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 ''Artificial Satellites:'' An artifical satellite is typically a device, a structure or more rarely a small body such as a planetoid placed in orbit around a [[world]] in order to act as a platform or a base, to collect information or to relay or send communications.
 * Debris or wreckage may orbit a [[world]] and be classified as an artificial satellite.
+* [[Satellite Communication Network]]
+* [[Satellite Navigation Network]]
 === Image Repository ===
-No information yet available.
+# A [[Comstar class Commo Satellite|''Comstar'' class Commo Satellite]]. <br> [[File:J0 5dT Commo Satellite.jpg|300px]]
+# A [[Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy|''Sanctuary'' class Sensor Buoy]]. <br> [[File:J0 50dT Sensor Buoy.jpg|300px]]
+# A [[Sentinel class Missile Platform|''Sentinel'' class Missile Platform]]. <br> [[File:J0 30dT Missile Platform.jpg|300px]]
 === Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
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 === Supraclass Roles ===
 ''Artificial Satellite''s typically serve the following roles:
-# [[Artificial Satellite]] (WA)
+# [[Armed Satellite]] (WAH)
-# [[Automated Interdiction Satellite]]
+# [[Artificial Satellite]] (WA) (Namesake)
-# [[Beacon]]
+# [[Attack Satellite]] (WAH)
-# [[Commo Satellite]]
+# [[Automated Interdiction Satellite]] (WAI)
-# [[Commo Relay Station]]
+# [[Beacon]] (WAN)
-# [[Interdiction Satellite]]
+# [[Commo Satellite]] (WAC)
-# [[Sensor Buoy]]
+# [[Commo Relay Station]] (WAC)
-# [[Spy Satellite]]
+# [[Communications Satellite]] (WAC)
-# [[X-boat Relay Station]]
+# [[Defense Satellite]] (WAH)
+# [[Interdiction Satellite]] (WAI)
+# [[Intelligence Satellite]] (WAS)
+# [[Laser Satellite]] (WAH)
+# [[Missile Platform]] (WAH)
+# [[Missile Satellite]] (WAH)
+# [[Navigation Satellite]] (WAN)
+# [[Sensor Buoy]] (WAS)
+# [[Spy Satellite]] (WAS)
+# [[Weather Satellite]] (WAS)
+# [[X-boat Relay Station]] (WAC)
+==== Civilian Smallcraft ====
+Civilian [[smallcraft]] are carried by some of these [[vessel]]s:
+# [[Utility Craft]] (U)
-=== Supraclass Archtypes ===
+=== Supraclass Archetypal Roles ===
+These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:
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-!colspan="4"|W-class Artificial Satellite Supraclass Archtypes
+!colspan="4"|W-class Artificial Satellite Supraclass Archetypes
 |-
-! Archtype
+! Archetype
 ! Type Code
-! TL Range
+! Exemplar
 ! Remarks
 |-
-| TBD
+| [[Artificial Satellite]]
-| TBD
+| WA (Namesake)
-| TBD
+| [[4-C/D class Automated Interdiction Satellite]]
+| Artificial Satellites are [[sophont]]-made objects that occupy [[orbit]]s around a world. Many sophont societies can achieve successful satellite launch and orbital launch by the [[TL:4-6]] [[tech epoch]]. The first satellites tend to be science or spy satellites (...high priority military satellites), but by [[TL:7-9]] they occupy every possible niche and function from worldwide communication networks to navigational aid systems.
+* W = World Orbiter
+* A = Artificial Satellite
+|-
+| [[Communications Satellite]]
+| WAC
+| [[Comstar class Commo Satellite]]
+| None
+* C = Communications
+|-
+| [[Defense Satellite]]
+| WAH
+| [[Sentinel class Missile Platform]]
+| None
+* H = Defender / Security
+|-
+| [[Interdiction Satellite]]
+| WAI
+| [[4-C/D class Automated Interdiction Satellite]]
 | None
+* I = Interdiction
+|-
+| [[Navigation Satellite]] <br>AKA [[Beacon]]
+| WAN
+| [[Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy]]
+| None
+* N = Navigation
+|-
+| [[Intelligence Satellite]] <br>AKA [[Spy Satellite]]
+| WAS
+| [[Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy]]
+| None
+* S = Spy Satellite
+|-
+!colspan="4"| ''NOTES:'' There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and [[ton]]nage, and yet others by other characteristics.
 |-
 |}
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 === Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
 ''[[Civilian Ship]] - [[Artificial Satellite]]:''
-# [[Type TBD class Satellite]]
+# No exemplar yet available.
-## [[TBD class Satellite]]
 ''[[Military Ship]] - [[Artificial Satellite]]:''
-# [[Type TBD class Satellite]]
+# No exemplar yet available.
-## [[TBD class Satellite]]
 === Ship Summary List ===
 Some of the most commonly used [[vessel]]s in this role or these roles include:
-{{Ship summary list|name= System Craft |tdes= W}}
 {{Ship summary list|name= Artificial Satellite |tdes= WA}}
-{{Ship summary list|name= Barge |tdes= WB}}
-{{Ship summary list|name= Space Station |tdes= WO}}
-== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
+== Library Data Referral Tree ==
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+----
+== References ==
 {{Intermediate}}
 {{Sources
-|S1= [[Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium]]
+ | {{Ludography cite|name= IISS Ship Files |page= TBD }}
-|S2= [[T5 Core Rules]]
+ | {{Ludography cite|name= High Passage 4 |page= 44-47}}
-|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
+ | {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium |page= TBD }}
-|S4= Author & Contributor: Baron [[User:Ovka|Ovka]] of {{World|Ziirkago|Vland|Kasear|1930}} A878654-C
+ | {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD }}
-|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
+ | Author & Contributor: Baron [[User:Ovka|Ovka]] of {{World|Ziirkago|Vland|Kasear|1930}} A878654-C
-|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
+ | Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 }}
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+{{LE|Artificial Satellite}}
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