Satellites

A satellite is an object placed in orbit that often has its own power-creating device, such as solar arrays. Satellites are often equipped with various sensors in order to track data about the planet and any nearby space objects that could potentially impact the planet. Various local terms exist for the term "satellite."
A system of satellites can also function as a single unit. As an example, the UPS network of satellites forms a comprehensive grid of data that allows a person to know exactly the latitude and longitude of their position on the planet. This assists with transportation and logistics research and calculations. In order for this system to function appropriately, the adjustment of the placements of each node in the system must be done periodically to account for orbit decay and the relativistic attributes to satellite positioning.

Common types of satellites:

System of Satellites used to monitor data about the planet. This can include weather related phenomenon and/or pollution. The information is then broadcast to the public in status updates on specific broadcast bands, which any Sefir can access via the broadcast application.
Research Satellites are used to monitor the space around the planet, various objects in the solar system, the solar system's star, and/or various objects within the universe. These satellites include massive orbital telescopes, sensory satellites, and small automated monitor stations. The monitor stations are often placed in geostationary orbits, but the other research satellites may be located in orbits such as lagrange points or other orbits that minimize the Koto-Belt around Elivera. The Koto-belt formed from trapped particles from the solar wind and other solar phenomenon that was caught by Elivera's magnetic field. These trapped particles form a belt from pole to pole, and can sometimes, eject themselves at high speeds near the north or south poles.
Elivera Rescue Satellites (ERS) are a network of satellites built to nudge dangerous incoming asteriods or other solar system objects away from the planet to avoid potential impact. Between the decades of 912 to 935E, various nations worked in tandem to create the ERS. Regular maintenance missions upkeep these satellites.
Maintenance Drones are regularly sent into orbit to recycle no longer functional satellites or update satellites and/or monitor stations with new technology. Most of these drones are now automated or controlled remotely, but for more delicate work, such as repairs on the massive orbital telescopes, human-led missions using the drones will be dispatched from one of the orbital launch facilities of Elivera.