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The Satellite System is a powerful weapon system introduced in the anime After War Gundam X.

Technological Information[]

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Satellite System on Lunar Base.

The Satellite System consists of several pieces of technology working together. One part of the system is a lunar solar power station on the moon, which not only holds the power source for the Satellite Cannon but also the remains of D.O.M.E., the first Newtype. On this station a large dish is mounted, which can send a super-microwave energy beam to a Mobile Weapon capable of sending a signal to the station and receiving the beam. After the Mobile Suit or Mobile Armor received the beam, a microwave pulse is then sent along the laser circuit's path and into the energy collection device of the mobile weapon. Afterwards an energy beam is fired from the Satellite Cannon installed on the unit which is capable of destroying a Space Colony with a single shot. In AW 0015, GX-9900 Gundam X pilot Garrod Ran deliberately missed the microwave beam, which then hit an acidic lake, causing a massive explosion.

One massive problem of the system was the fact, that the microwave beam could only be sent if the moon was in sight. To counter this problem, several relay satellites were positioned in Earth's orbit that allowed a Gundam X to receive the microwave from any location. However, most of them were destroyed during the war. Over time, several versions of this system have been developed, each system having its own unique use.

GX-9900 Gundam X[]

The first mobile suit to be outfitted with the satellite system. To operate the system from this suit, a Newtype pilot is required, who would send a signal to the lunar station through the Flash System, which would then send the energy beam. Also to arm and fire the Satellite Cannon, a removable G-Controller is required. On the Gundam X, the sending and receiving process takes 4.03 seconds.

FX-9900 GX-Bit[]

The GX-Bits used the same satellite cannon installed on the Gundam X. Since the GX-Bits were unmanned Bit Mobile Suits, their satellite system was used from the main Gundam X controlling the Bits. Despite being only Mobile Bits, the firepower of their satellite cannon was the same as the one of the main unit.

GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X[]

In AW 0015, an upgraded version of the Satellite System known as the Satellite System Mk. II is incorporated into the new GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X of the New United Nations Earth. This system has six reflectors and improved cooling system for increased energy absorption. The accompanying Satellite Cannon was also upgraded into the Twin Satellite Cannon, which can fire beams with several times the destructive power of the original.

NRX-0013-CB Gundam Virsago Chest Break/NRX-0015-HC Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab[]

The upgraded version of the Gundam Virsago and Gundam Ashtaron have their own Satellite System, with the Gundam Virsago Chest Break equipped with the receiver and energy storage devices for the super-microwave energy beam, while the Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab has a cannon known as the Satellite Launcher for firing the stored energy. When using the Satellite System, the Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab transform into Mobile Armor form and deploys the Satellite Launcher, and the Gundam Virsago Chest Break stands on top of its partner to receive the super-microwave energy beam and fire the launcher.

RMS-012-8 Descem Hornet[]

The Descem Hornet equips a satellite launcher with miniaturized reflector unit and satellite system installed at the back of the launcher.

RMS-012-10 Descem Mode X[]

Similar to GX-9900 Gundam X, the Descem Mode X required a Newtype to operate its satellite system. It is equipped with the N-System, which functions in a similar manner as the Flash System.

History[]

Developed during the 7th Space War by the United Nations Earth, the first version of the Satellite System was installed in the newly built Gundam X of the UNE. One such suit was piloted by young Newtype Jamil Neate, who used his Gundam together with several GX-Bits to destroy one of the colonies which the SRA planned to drop on Earth. This however only triggered the massive colony drop that ended the war and nearly wiped out the population on the planet. Around the same time, most of the relay satellites in orbit were also destroyed.

15 years later in AW 0015, one Gundam X is found by 15 year old boy Garrod Ran, while he escapes with Newtype girl Tiffa Adill. Since Garrod isn't a Newtype, he needed Tiffa's help to use the Satellite System from his suit. However his Gundam was soon critically damaged by the RMSN-008 Bertigo, which also destroyed the Satellite Cannon on the suit.

In the same year, the New UNE developed the Gundam Double X based on the remains of Jamil's old Gundam X and equipped it with the upgraded Satellite System, the Satellite System Mk. II, as well as the Twin Satellite Cannon. The Gundam Double X also incorporated parts from Jamil's old Gundam X, thus it can utilize Jamil's brain wave pattern and this allows it to fire its Twin Satellite Cannon without a Newtype pilot. This suit was eventually stolen by Garrod, who then claimed it as its own.

The New UNE later upgraded the Gundams of Shagia and Olba Frost, and at some point, the Satellite Launcher was added onto the Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab, which could only be used together with the Gundam Virsago Chest Breaker. During the 8th Space War, the Frost brothers seized control of the microwave station on the moon from D.O.M.E. and used their launcher to kill the leaders of both the UNE and the SRA. They subsequently aimed and fired the launcher at Garrod, who at the same time fired his Gundam Double X's Twin Satellite Cannon. The resulting explosion crippled all three Gundams beyond repair and destroyed the lunar station.

In AW 0024, another Gundam X was found by a group of Vultures. Also in the same year, it turned out that one of the relay satellites, named BATEN, survived the war and was modified, enabling it to send a microwave beam by itself, although BATEN can only provide 30% of the energy which could be sent from the lunar station.

Mobile Weapons equipped with Satellite System in After War Gundam X series[]

Mobile Weapons equipped with the Satellite System in other series[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • In Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, the Satellite System was implemented as it was in the series - that it could only be used while the Moon was full. However, it was subsequently dropped when it reappeared in Super Robot Wars R, where the Satellite System could be used in broad daylight and all the way on Mars. It was reintroduced under the old system in Super Robot Wars Z/Z2.

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