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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.
“rotating”8 pages
- p. 8 …As the spacecraft rotates, a cone of
coverage is formed. The sensor must be capable of…
- p. 9 …Each section
will generate 3.3 volts and rotate into and out of sunlight as a…
- p. 31 …Appropriate rotation of a high-energy laser beam,
emanating from a ground/sea-based laser, guides…
- p. 32 …Appropriate rotation and translation of a high-energy laser
beam, emanating from a moving aircraft, guides…
- p. 41 …The antenna is
a sparse, self-cohering array formed from a large number of picosats rotating…
- p. 42 …These
picosats are similar to those in the Rotating Picosat Swarm Array Radio Frequency
Collector section…
- p. 43 …The constellation/array
implementation is similar to that of the preceding rotating swarm concepts, except that…
- p. 47 …confocal unstable with rotating mirrors beam combining.
• Magnification, M = 4.
• Cavity length, L = 36.5 m…
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