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. 13 …The only commands that the ground system sends would be program loads to resolve or work…
p. 15 …This concept has the advantage of using the ambient air as the working fluid in the…
p. 24 …And vehicle synthesis work determined that the remaining masses for the Lightcraft airframe, propulsion, and control…
p. 27 …This comparison is for a Lightcraft trajectory determined from optimization work during the latter phases of…
p. 56 …thermal properties in order to make them work. Thermal management is one of the many challenges…
p. 63 …As in many spectral regions, it is not easy to make resonator mirrors; many FELs work…
p. 71 …It is expected that all of the R&DTE work presently being done by the various…

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Figure 4. Lightcraft Flight-Test Vehicle Used in Horizontal Guide-Wire Flight Tests (the top
of vehicle is to the right and the laser beam strikes the stretched-out parabolic
mirror/propulsion section on the left) (courtesy of F. Mead, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA).
Figure 5. Lightcraft Undergoing Horizontal Guide-Wire Flight Test (courtesy of F. Mead,
AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA).
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