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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.
“Earth orbit”13 pages
- p. 8 …The sensor must be capable of detecting Earth over a range of
orbital radii with a…
- p. 13 …Earth. The schedulers will prioritize the contacts, with the
nanosats in the higher period orbits getting…
- p. 17 …For the purpose of this report, we envision a Lightcraft Earth-to-Orbit (ETD)
transportation system…
- p. 25 …It is seen that beam propagation distances through the Earth's atmosphere are
short during initial…
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- p. 33 …Air to Space (Air to Orbit) 261
If hypersonic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) airbreathing propulsion research and
development…
- p. 34 …space
telescope for viewing military targets on Earth and in space. And structural panels on
the…
- p. 41 …surface footprint even when deployed in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) separates
different sources in proximity and…
- p. 42 …Each picosat is gravity-
gradient stable, has a dipole array facing Earth, and a broader beam…
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push broom scanning mode for complete Earth coverage rather than only sampling
coverage.
The constellation…
- p. 72 …The system is single-stage-to-orbit and completely reusable with no onboard
propellant required (the…
- p. 75 …J., et al. (1991), "System Requirements for Low-Earth-Orbit Launch
Using Laser Propulsion," in Proc…
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