  In this paper we study Legendrian knots in the knot types of satellite knots.
In particular, we classify Legendrian Whitehead patterns and learn a great deal
about Legendrian braided patterns. We also show how the classification of
Legendrian patterns can lead to a classification of the associated satellite
knots if the companion knot is Legendrian simple and uniformly thick. This
leads to new Legendrian and transverse classification results for knots in the
3-sphere with its standard contact structure as well as a more general
perspective on some previous classification results.
