Satellite Substation: Difference between revisions

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Satellite Substation

Power Transmission

Wide-area power distribution facility. Can provide longer power transmission distances and larger power supply area.

Connection Length		53 m
Supply Area		26 m
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Idle Consumption		360 kW
Grid Size		3×3
Stack Size		30

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Summary

The Satellite Substation has a significantly larger power distribution area than the Tesla Tower, and very long connection range. However, it cannot charge Icarus - only the Wireless Power Tower and Signal Tower can do that.

Below a visualization of the Power Coverage Area and connection ranges of all power distributors.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
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Components
Component	Time	Sub component 1	Sub component 2	Sub component 3
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10x	3 sec	2x	3x	1x
2x	6 sec	4x	1x	1x

Total Raw Materials

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Player Tips & Tricks

While Satellite Substations have a long connection length, their idle consumption is 4x that of Wireless Power Towers, and therefore are ill-suited for distance chains unless the power grid already has plenty of energy to spare. They also require a considerable space to build. As such, they are best reserved for factory setups with plenty of space, whereas Tesla Towers can usually fit in-between factories using much less space, while connecting the grids together with no passive power consumption.
Since their coverage is more than 4x that of a tesla tower, utilization of Satellite Substations can lead to significant performance improvements since the total amount of power distributors, and consequently, the sum of their updates / second, is tremendously reduced.

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 ==Player Tips & Tricks==
 * While Satellite Substations have a long connection length, their idle consumption is 4x that of [[Wireless Power Tower|Wireless Power Towers]], and therefore are ill-suited for distance chains unless the power grid already has plenty of energy to spare. They also require a considerable space to build. As such, they are best reserved for factory setups with plenty of space, whereas [[Tesla Tower|Tesla Towers]] can usually fit in-between factories using much less space, while connecting the grids together with no passive power consumption.
+* Since their coverage is more than 4x that of a tesla tower, utilization of Satellite Substations can lead to significant performance improvements since the total amount of power distributors, and consequently, the sum of their updates / second, is tremendously reduced.
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