After the first tentative successes of launching stuff into orbit it quickly becomes clear that satellites are the next rage in a number of fields, starting from communications and ending with military espionage. Their capabilities of instantly connecting far-away command centers to units directly on the battlefield changes radically the way a battle is lead, and makes possible the development of the contemporary Mechanized Infantry, not only armed to the teeth to withstand all horrors military technology can through at it, but also being under the constant surveillance of the commander.