Artificial Satellite in Orbit
An artificial satellite that orbits around a planet. After looking at the 2188 logs and figuring out a way to link to the satellite in orbit, Morimura learned about the facility. Morimura states that this artificial satellite is "orbiting the real world."
This is where the automated factory in Sector 1 is pulling the blueprint for the Deimos from.
An artificial satellite that presides over terraforming, the second phase of interstellar development. It controls the heavy machinery for planetary development and adjusts air temperature.
This is where Miyuki Inaba exists. During the 2064 Sentinel Infection Incident, Inaba ends up shifting outside the world and over to the artificial satellite, where she comes across the 2188 data and learns the truth about the world.
Connection gets cut off when the satellite is behind the horizon, as that puts it outside of comms range.
Also called the "command ship" or "mothership" in orbit. Chihiro accessed this in order to stop the automated factory's mass production of the Deimos.
Once a probe arrives at a new planet and creates the artificial satellite, it also creates the facility and the growth pods there. Inside the growth pods, all the DNA data is used to start the nurturing process of the 15 project members. The command ship monitors the surface facilities so it can determine whether the final phase needs to be redone before any harm may come to these facilities.