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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites
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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It describes nanosatellite technologies and proposes launching nanosats into orbit with laser Lightcraft propulsion. It also covers a weapon mission selection study and multi-megawatt laser options. The author recommends that the Department of Defense and NASA bring Lightcraft R&D back to the United States and restart the X-50LR flight demonstration program.
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- p. 20 …Mead, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA).
Figure 5. Lightcraft Undergoing Horizontal Guide-Wire Flight Test (courtesy…
- p. 21 …Mead,
AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA).
SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND BENEFITS
We outline below the…
- p. 73 …In 2005, the AFRL/PRSP (Edwards AFB, CA) concluded their laser Lightcraft propulsion
R&DTE program…
- p. 76 …Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command,
Edwards AFB, CA. See also, Knecht, S. D., and…
- p. 77 …Force Research
Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA.
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Figure 3. Time-Lapse Photo of a Lightcraft Undergoing an Outdoor Vertical Flight Test
(courtesy of F. Mead, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA).
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