diff --git a/playbooks/bootstrap-infra-ops-user.yaml b/playbooks/bootstrap-infra-ops-user.yaml
index e7c0d81..fcdfddb 100644
--- a/playbooks/bootstrap-infra-ops-user.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/bootstrap-infra-ops-user.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 # WHY a dedicated identity (not the agent borrowing lkraven/vh sudo):
 #   - Clean audit trail — every agent action attributable to `infra-ops`,
 #     separate from human accounts, with sudo I/O logging on.
-#   - Revocation = pull one authorized_keys line + one sudoers file.
+#   - Revocation = pull one authorized_keys line + one sudoers file. Satellite agents carry their own keys,
+#     listed per host in playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys; revoke one by deleting its line and re-running.
 #   - No human password ever in the agent's reach (key-gated NOPASSWD).
 #
 # RUN (operator, with YOUR sudo — infra-ops doesn't exist yet, so you bootstrap
@@ -64,12 +65,23 @@ steps:
     sudo: true
     shell: install -d -m 700 -o {{ ops_user }} -g {{ ops_user }} /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh
 
-  - name: Install infra-ops authorized_keys (exact line, mode 600)
+  # Satellite agents get their OWN keys, per host, from playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys (Prime 2026-10-13).
+  - name: Stage the satellite key list
+    upload:
+      src: playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys
+      dest: /tmp/infra-ops-satellite-keys
+      mode: "0644"
+
+  - name: Install infra-ops authorized_keys (the fleet key + this host's satellite keys, exactly; mode 600)
     sudo: true
     shell: |
       line='{{ ops_pubkey }}'
       [ -n '{{ ssh_from }}' ] && line='from="{{ ssh_from }}" {{ ops_pubkey }}'
-      printf '%s\n' "$line" > /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys
+      { printf '%s\n' "$line"
+        awk -v h="$(hostname -s)" '!/^#/ && $1==h { $1=""; sub(/^ /,""); print }' /tmp/infra-ops-satellite-keys
+      } > /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys
+      rm -f /tmp/infra-ops-satellite-keys
+      echo "satellite keys for $(hostname -s): $(($(wc -l < /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys) - 1))"
       chown {{ ops_user }}:{{ ops_user }} /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys
       chmod 600 /home/{{ ops_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
diff --git a/playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys b/playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69c5bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/files/infra-ops-satellite-keys
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Satellite agents' own keys for the infra-ops identity, scoped PER HOST (Prime 2026-10-13).
+# Format: <target's `hostname -s`> <public key line>. playbooks/bootstrap-infra-ops-user.yaml writes the fleet key
+# plus every line here whose first field matches the target's short hostname. Nothing else survives, so a key
+# that is not listed here is removed on the next run. Revoke a satellite by deleting its line(s) and re-running
+# the playbook on those hosts. Public keys only: never put a private key in this repo.
+#
+# satellite-1: generated by Prime on his satellite machine 2026-10-13, fingerprint
+# SHA256:KEFUjceFjuIZDuVbEq3FWYHm0rzdqx9hC+wFrA5h3xc (its own comment was "infra-ops@", with no hostname).
+esh-nas ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIL0XLLZVTJUTgrWbMAx5exF3UDqPdi/30l/1lRo6d4bt infra-ops@satellite-1