Antares (Satellite)

Antares Series AS-17 C3ISR Satellite
Production information
Manufacturer	Sorcerer Technologies
Use	Surveillance Communications Command & Control
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Chassis Type (Size)	Satellite (Medium)
Equipment Rating
Introduced	Various
Technical specifications
Mass	45 tons
Structural Integrity	1
Station Keeping Thrust	.1G (.02G Flank)
Power Plant	Fusion
Fuel (Type/Range)	None
Armament	None
Armor	BAR 10

Description

The Antares Series AS-17 C3ISR Satellite is a military surveillance satellite constructed by Sorcerer Technologies of the Federated Suns. Part of series of satellites built over time for AFFS. The AS-17 C3ISR is not only used by the military, but also House Davion's MIIO branch. The satellite is designed for multiple roles such as; Recon, Command & Control, Communications, intelligence gathering, & surveillance.

These satellite are designed to be deployed over a target world or area and be recovered once its mission is completed. The AS-17 is designed work with constellation or group of same model satellite to give wide spread coverage over a world.

Much of the information on the AS-17 is classified, some details of the AS-17's operations speculated by Intelligence sources. It believed that select number of Antares are given to frontline RCT.

Equipment & Capacities

The AS-17 features a armored satellite chassis with 2 tons of BAR 10 grade armor to protected it from attack.

It is equipped with powerful hyperspectral camera, which ignore effects of concealment used by mimetic armor, ECM, and standard camouflage. It is also equipped with Look-Down Radar, Infrared Imager and High-Rez Image cameras. The craft has 10 tons worth of Communication Equipment which gives the user powerful relay as well immunity from enemy units from trying to exploit the AS-17 capacities.

To prevent its high-tech equipment from being captured, the AS-17 is equipped with self-destruct mechanism.

Equipment Rating

D/X-X-E/F

Notes

As of this writing there is no published record sheet for the Antares Satellite.

Bibliography

• Handbook: House Davion