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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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UNCLASSIFIED/ ,'f81l 8ffl@lit.la tl91!! 9Hl:Y I Mitigating the Atmosphere with Adaptive Optics • Beacon 00 .~ ~• The AO System needs to operate (sense, compute, and ad1ust the deformable I mirror} approx.> 10X faster than the atmosphere changes (-10's -100's hz} Figure 36. HEL Adaptive Optics System (courtesy of the Directed Energy Professional Society). All of these HEL beam control innovations can be quickly adapted to laser propulsion applications with little or no additional technical modifications or R&DTE. It is expected that all of the R&DTE work presently being done by the various DoD directed energy weapons/HEL programs can be immediately leveraged for laser Lightcraft nano-/pico- satellite programs should they become established. Primary mirrors with exit apertures of~ 10 m will be required to launch laser-propelled Lightcraft from ground/sea to LEO while apertures on aircraft-mounted laser beam control optics will be~ 1.0 m. 67 UNCLASSIFIED/ )F8A 8FFI&I.«1k Wfi&i a••k>/
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