Instruments & orbit
Uplink
Uplink: Required to install a Telescope or Radar on this world. It uses one orbit slot and provides no production or defence bonus.

How to use it
Required to install a Telescope or Radar on this world. It uses one orbit slot and provides no production or defence bonus.
Install it once to make Telescope and Radar construction available on this world. It uses one orbit slot and never needs levels of its own.
Requirements & connections
Requires a free orbit slot opened by this planet’s Command Core. It is installed through Construction and has no upgrade levels. Two different bonuses can coexist if you have enough slots.
Choose satellites for this planet’s purpose: production, mining, raids or intelligence. A satellite affects its own planet, unlike research shared across your planets. Read orbit slots to plan installations.
Reference values
| Alloy | Crystal | Deuterium |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | 500 | 0 |
Each world can install one of each satellite type. Every satellite uses one orbit slot. Its effect applies only to its own world and the actions described above.