The Satellites of Justice - Ill-Fated but Memorable

When we think of the Justice League of America, the one symbol that epitomizes them more than any other would have to be their satellite. Orbiting 22,300 miles above the Earth, this floating headquarters of that world's mightiest team was a safe haven for years after their Secret Sanctuary on terra firma had been discovered by the Joker. Installing transporter tubes in major cities around the world and one inside the satellite, each member was able to access the team's base and their own personal lodging aboard the vessel at any point. Built utilizing a hybrid of Kryptonian and Thanagarian technology, it was a state of the art craft unlike any other before or after its creation. Except, perhaps, for one another existing parallel to it in the Multiverse.

As previously mentioned, the man behind Eliminations, Inc. had designed and built a satellite headquarters for the Justice Society of America, inviting the team to see for themselves this a gift by a group of 'grateful private citizens". While indeed it was vast and a marvel of technology as acknowledged by Wonder Woman, it was to be a permanent prison for the team. As a result, after escaping their personal cages, Green Lantern decided to return this vessel to Earth and confront their former captor. What became of it is unknown, as the JSA would years later would construct a brownstone headquarters in the heart of Gotham City to be their permanent headquarters rather than revisit such lofty ambitions.

It does make one wonder what they thought of the counterpart team's satellite when they first visited it. Perhaps there was a regret at not utilizing this device in a beneficial way, that would be indicated by the fact that in later years most of the joint meetings of the JLA and JSA took place on board the craft. However, the Society was more down-to-Earth than the League, and the League ultimately themselves forsook their satellite when it had been attacked and devastated by a Martian invasion. During the Crisis, when attempting to restore a malfunctioning Red Tornado, instead the entire vessel was destroyed leaving nothing but a memory.