An orbital defense platform (ODP), or orbital weapon platform (OWP), is a kind of armed satellite employed by the United Nations Space Command for defensive purposes.

An Orbital Defense Platform, also known as a MAC Platform, [4] was a type of large UNSC Space station, used to defend strategic locations of great importance, typically planets of high strategic value.

The Erőd-class orbital weapon platform is a classification of orbital defense platform utilized by the United Nations Space Command. They were prominent as the primary ODP classification present during the defense of Reach.

The Moncton-class orbital weapon platform (hull classification symbol: OWP) is a line of orbital defense platforms in the service of the United Nations Space Command. [2] [6] They have been a staple of the UNSC's planetary defence strategy for decades, seeing service in the Insurrection, the Human-Covenant War and post-war era.

Apr 23, 2023 · Notably, the ODPs use a technology that was considered and discarded for MJOLNIr precisely for the reasons why it failed Reach - remote power generators, which rendered them vulnerable when landing forces took out the generators.

This category, Orbital Defense Platforms, contains articles about the UNSC Navy 's Orbital Defense Platforms. PARENTS: Space stations • UNSC Facilities. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

IIRC in the “Armoury” level in Halo 2, Johnson mentions that Earth’s orbital defends grid consists of 300+ ODP’s, which each one having the fire power to send a MAC around “clean through a covenant capital ship”.

Jul 3, 2013 · Edit: Quoting speculation from Halo Wiki's page on Orbital Defense Generators (ODG) and Orbital Defense Platforms (ODP). "Although never explicitly elaborated upon, it seems likely that the means of power transmission from the ODGs on the ground to the ODPs in orbit was through a means similar to rectennas, a form of a high powered antenna."

Mar 6, 2025 · The Eröd-class orbital defense platform, commonly referred to as a Super-ODP, is a weapons station that excels at one simple thing: destroying any and all hostile targets from afar.

The Orbital Defense Command is a functional component of the UNSC Air Force, charged with orbital planetary defense for the colonies under the purview of the Unified Earth Government.