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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. 8 …Advanced microelectronic solutions are being developed to meet these challenges. The
microelectronics developed must be modular…
- p. 9 …The packaging method that will be chosen must have
a small volume and small footprint (6…
- p. 11 …This reduction will be accomplished by
leveraging recent successful tests of a small cryogenic two-phase…
- p. 13 …methods should be developed to verify quality and structural performance by
testing a small subset of…
- p. 22 …The dry spacecraft mass can be further reduced by two
orders of magnitude, and thus the…
- p. 24 …further indicated that small COTS chemical propulsion systems,
with sufficient thrust, would be about a factor…
- p. 32 …Lightcraft takeoff masses no more
than about 20 kg can be accelerated to orbital velocities by…
- p. 37 …Eliminating such satellite threats has not been examined in detail, but
they could be rapidly eliminated…
- p. 40 …A generic description would be a constellation of small spacecraft each
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- p. 42 …The coverage spot diameter can be varied by
choosing the diameter of the array that is…
- p. 43 …The relative positions of these picosat elements changes slowly, and only small
and infrequent stationkeeping propulsive…
- p. 44 …can be emplaced and replaced incrementally using laser-
powered Lightcraft launch vehicles or even small conventional…
- p. 45 …small as 40 cm on the
ground from GEO. Its field of view can be scanned…
- p. 50 …use N2,
CO2, and small quantities of H2.
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compact size need to be mounted on small tactical airborne platforms like the C…
- p. 72 …This would be a constellation of small spacecraft each performing its separate function,
but these functions…
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