How do I install HB's Satellites?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does HB's Satellites work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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HB's Satellites

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by holy_buckets · on CurseForge

HB’s Satellites - Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 - and more versions soon! Overview HB’s Satellites is a Minecraft mod that allows you to view distant lands via…

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Fabric1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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HB’s Satellites - Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 - and more versions soon!

Overview

HB’s Satellites is a Minecraft mod that allows you to view distant lands via the use of a Satellite block and the corresponding Controller and Display blocks for viewing terrain in a futuristic 3D style. The controller block can be used to adjust the viewing area, viewing depth, or height of the display. The terrain is laid out in a beautiful future looking hologram, but it will take some practice to understand what you’re looking at. Hostile and friendly entities will appear as pings on the satellite as well, these are customizable in the config file.

Block Texture Art and Particles: @kovrik337 (discord)
Item Upgrade Texture Art: @DylanJordaan…again

Main Features

- Satellite block can be placed anywhere in the world and will forceload the chunks around it

- Controller block links to the Satellite block by matching the wool color. You can right click the colored portion with a wool block to set it directly.

- Add as many display blocks as you like to view all around the satellite! Then you can use the controller to navigate around or go deeper down to the caves

- Awesome sleek holographic view of the terrain is laid out in allowing the player to explore vast areas or the deep underground all at once

The area on the hologram will light up as you hover over it. Right click a block and it will tell you the target block position you selected!

**Target Controller Block**

- Target any position on the map and a hint will show the exact block position

- When "Firing" the weapon, the weapon stored inside is triggered and a message is sent to the Target Receiver

- The only currently supported weapon is a Redstone torch which sets a Waypoint in the world

**Target Receiver Bock**

- Receives the set location from the Target Controller Block and emits a redstone signal when the **Target Controller** is "Fired"

Satellite Upgrades (Not craftable for now)

multilinkUpgrade - allows connecting multiple displays to a single satellite (not in use)

oreScannerUpgrade - allows viewing ores on the satellite display (ores to view can be configured in the configs)

rangeUpgrade - increases satellite operational viewing range

depthUpgrade - increases satellite depth viewing range

entityScannerUpgrade - reveals entities as colored pings on the display

playerScannerUpgrade - distinguishes players between green (friendly) and red (enemy) depending on their dyed items

entityDetectorUpgrade - all display blocks emit a redstone signal if an entity occupies their viewing range, strength of signal proportional to entityType

- green ping - 3

- white ping - 6

- blue ping - 9

- red ping - 12

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as hbs_satellites-neoforge-1.21.1-1.3.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 527 KB
Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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