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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.

  • p. 31 …Such a Lightcraft system appears capable of reaching LEO at 1/Sth to 1/lOth the…
  • p. 33 …SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Ground/Sea to Space (ETO) 261 If laser propulsion can provide nearly all…
  • p. 34 …ground, sea and air launches of Lightcraft to LEO with air launch occurring at either subsonic…
  • p. 37 …can be obtained to point Lightcraft lasers at the jammers. "Hit-to-kill" accuracy and high…
  • p. 39 …to ground/sea-based laser Lightcraft systems. In this case, airborne laser beams at 12 km…
  • p. 43 …Each nanosat receives the ground signal, digitizes, delays, and retransmits it, causing it to arrive at…
  • p. 67 …Lightcraft nanosat or picosat from the ground, sea, or air, it will be necessary to control…
  • p. 68 …1 micro-radian root-mean-square accuracy at 10 KHz. • No beacon illuminator laser (BILL) required…
  • p. 72 …The entire Lightcraft launch system is comprised of a ground, sea, or airborne laser beam generator…
  • p. 73 …sea, or air into LEO requires controlling and steering the high-energy laser beam, while at…
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