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GROUND SEGMENT · SOLANA MAINNETLAST UPLINK 14:44:20 UTC--:--:-- UTC

Born on Solana.
Announced from orbit.

Every launch pays a few sats to beam its genesis over Blockstream Satellite. The receipt lives on the coin page.

Launch and broadcastHow a coin gets to orbit
416coins broadcast
3satellites
2.5%of every trade to the creator
LAST BROADCASTSEQ 0416

Azimuth $AZIMUTH

SENT
order idc41e7a09…5b2d
bytes248
sats paid19
footprintG18 · T11N · T18V
airtime2026‑10‑08 14:44:20
01 · PROCEDURE

How a coin gets to orbit

Five steps. The first happens on Solana, the last happens 35,786 km up. Nothing in between needs your attention.

  1. STEP 01

    Launch on Solana

    Name, ticker, image. The coin is minted on a Meteora bonding curve, like any other Solana launch.

    mint → TODO
  2. STEP 02

    Genesis message

    We write a short record: name, ticker, mint, creator, time and a SHA-256 of all of it.

    ≈ 250 bytes
  3. STEP 03

    Lightning payment

    Airtime is paid in sats. The fee scales with the size of the message, not the size of the coin.

    ≈ 20 sats
  4. STEP 04

    Queued at the uplink

    The message joins Blockstream Satellite's public queue and waits for its turn on the transmitter.

    order id issued
  5. STEP 05

    Broadcast to the footprint

    Three geostationary satellites repeat it to every receiver on the ground. The airtime goes on the coin page.

    G18 · T11N · T18V ↓
02 · COVERAGE

Three satellites. Most of the map.

Blockstream Satellite runs on three geostationary satellites. Any dish inside a footprint receives every genesis we send.

FIG. 2 — BROADCAST FOOTPRINTS, KU AND C BANDSCHEMATIC · CONTOURS SHOW SIGNAL FALLING OFF FROM THE BEAM CENTRE

Swipe the map →

Galaxy 18123°W · Ku · the Americas
Telstar 11N37.5°W · Ku · Europe, Africa
Telstar 18V138°E · C · Asia‑Pacific
03 · LAUNCH

Launch and broadcast

Fill in three fields. The message on the right is exactly what goes up.

IMAGE
BROADCAST FEE
~20 sats
0 bytes × 75 msat

Coin on Solana via Meteora. 2.5% of every trade goes to you. Airtime is paid over Lightning.

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04 · LOG

      
Every coin, with its airtime
Newest broadcasts first. Each row opens a coin page with the full receipt.

    

    

    

      
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05 · QUESTIONS

      
Questions, answered plainly

    

    

      
Q.01Is the blockchain on the satellite?+
        
No. The coin lives on Solana, like any other Solana token. The satellite carries one short message about its launch, and that's all.

      
Q.02What exactly is broadcast?+
        
A plain-text genesis record of about 250 bytes: name, ticker, mint address, creator wallet, launch time and a SHA-256 of those fields. No images, no prices, no ads.

      
Q.03Can I receive it?+
        
Yes. A small dish, an LNB and a Blockstream Satellite receiver pick up the stream anywhere inside the footprints. Blockstream also publishes every transmitted order with a SHA-256 digest of the message, so you can compare it with the digest on the coin page.

      
Q.04What does it cost?+
        
Airtime is billed per byte over Lightning. A genesis message usually costs around 20 sats, which is a couple of cents. The creator pays it at launch, together with the Solana fees.

      
Q.05Why Solana?+
        
Fast, cheap launches and bonding curves that work. Bitcoin carries the announcement, and Solana carries the trading.

      
Q.06Where does the 2.5% go?+
        
To the creator’s wallet, on every trade. The rate is fixed when the coin launches.