[Oggy ben Doggy]

IIRC, a base satilite component is 30-40 ktons, and holds 70 ktons of cargo. with a computer core, that's 60 ktons of wpns.

So you get about double your fire power, at the cost of the satilites not being able to move when deployed.

I glassed a comple of minor planets when my spy sat ship just pulled up along side and discharged it's 4 remaining CSM sats.