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+// Edge case for the satellites layer from docs/migration/planet-separation/layers.md:
+// with the clock stopped at a known epoch, switching the scene while a
+// satellite is followed leaves the pass list and the coordinates unchanged.
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import * as geo from '../../geo/index.js';
+import { createFakeEngine } from '../../globe/testing/fakeEngine.js';
+import { createApplicationSatellites } from '../../app/layers/satellites.js';
+import { createSatellitesNavaraRenderer } from './render/navara.js';
+import { appClock } from '../../time/clock.js';
+
+// Canonical archived ISS element set (epoch 2008-09-20 ~12:25 UTC).
+const ISS_TLE = `ISS (ZARYA)
+1 25544U 98067A   08264.51782528 -.00002182  00000-0 -11606-4 0  2927
+2 25544  51.6416 247.4627 0006703 130.5360 325.0288 15.72125391563537`;
+const EPOCH_MS = Date.UTC(2008, 8, 20, 12, 30, 0);
+const AUSTIN = { latDeg: 30.2672, lonDeg: -97.7431 };
+// SGP4 is deterministic; this only absorbs float noise between engines.
+const POSITION_TOLERANCE_M = 1;
+
+function passList(layer) {
+  const passes = [];
+  let fromMs;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
+    const result = layer.getNextSatellitePass(25544, {
+      ...AUSTIN,
+      ...(fromMs === undefined ? {} : { fromMs }),
+    });
+    if (result.status !== 'ok') break;
+    passes.push(result.pass);
+    fromMs = result.pass.setMs + 1_000;
+  }
+  return passes;
+}
+
+function observe(layer, engine) {
+  engine.fake.frame();
+  const drawn = layer.qaDrawn();
+  return {
+    info: layer.getTrackedInfo(),
+    passes: passList(layer),
+    tracked: drawn.tracked,
+    point: drawn.points.find(({ id }) => id === 25544)?.position,
+  };
+}
+
+test('edge:satellites: a scene switch at a stopped epoch keeps passes and coordinates', async (t) => {
+  const previousDocument = globalThis.document;
+  globalThis.document = Object.assign(new EventTarget(), {
+    getElementById: () => null,
+  });
+  t.mock.timers.enable({ apis: ['Date'], now: Date.UTC(2026, 0, 1) });
+  appClock.freeze(EPOCH_MS);
+  let reads = 0;
+  const layer = createApplicationSatellites({
+    source: {
+      async readGroup(group) {
+        reads += 1;
+        return {
+          ok: true,
+          status: 200,
+          text: group === 'stations' ? ISS_TLE : '',
+          stale: false,
+        };
+      },
+    },
+    renderer: {
+      create: ({ engine }) => createSatellitesNavaraRenderer(engine),
+    },
+  });
+  const [first, second] = [createFakeEngine(), createFakeEngine()];
+  t.after(() => {
+    layer.destroy();
+    appClock.reset();
+    globalThis.document = previousDocument;
+  });
+  await layer.init(null, { engine: first });
+  layer.enable();
+  await layer.update();
+  const catalogReads = reads;
+  assert.ok(layer.trackById(25544));
+  const before = observe(layer, first);
+  assert.equal(before.passes.length, 3);
+  assert.ok(before.passes[0].riseMs >= EPOCH_MS, 'passes start at the epoch');
+
+  layer.detachRenderer();
+  // Wall time passes during the switch; the stopped app clock does not.
+  t.mock.timers.tick(15 * 60_000);
+  layer.attachRenderer(null, { engine: second });
+  const after = observe(layer, second);
+
+  assert.equal(reads, catalogReads, 'the switch does not refetch elements');
+  assert.equal(after.info?.noradId, 25544, 'the follow survives the switch');
+  assert.deepEqual(after.passes, before.passes);
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(after.info.latitude - before.info.latitude) < 1e-9);
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(after.info.longitude - before.info.longitude) < 1e-9);
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(after.info.altitudeM - before.info.altitudeM) < 1e-3);
+  for (const key of ['tracked', 'point']) {
+    assert.ok(before[key] && after[key], `${key} position is drawn`);
+    assert.ok(
+      geo.cartesian3.distance(before[key], after[key]) < POSITION_TOLERANCE_M,
+      `${key} position matches across engines`,
+    );
+  }
+});