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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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Figure 19. Northrop Grumman's…
- p. 7 …Response time: < 0.005 sec.
• Pulse rate: 1 Hz.
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- p. 8 …This allows for increased
autonomy and simpler, more accurate time resolution onboard the spacecraft. For GPS…
- p. 10 …At the same time, the solar arrays dropped to a temperature of about 60°C.
Based…
- p. 12 …The diamond facesheet provides ten times greater thermal conductivity
than aluminum and can dissipate heat from…
- p. 13 …of the data to the users. In a typical baseline mission, there are times when
up…
- p. 16 …times per second. The axisymmetric, off-axis parabolic collection mirror facilitates flight
by concentrating the pulsed…
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associated costs comprising approximately 92% of the laser-powered Ughtcraft…
- p. 32 …with an incoming ballistic missile; intermittently, the laser illuminates the
target for guidance updates and for…
- p. 33 …within allowable time is limited by relatively long beam-
riding time needed for the Lightcraft to…
- p. 37 …is the focusing of their intense beam energy on
enemy ballistic missiles over dwell times sufficient…
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system, like the air-to-air one, has…
- p. 40 …Each satellite's position is only crudely station kept, and the satellites adjust the time
delay…
- p. 41 …The time delay of each picosat is self computed based
on its location in the swarm…
- p. 42 …hour revisit time. The principle of operation
is the same as that of the previous concept…
- p. 43 …The time delay of each nanosat is self
computed based on its location in the swarm…
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An outline of the conceptual…
- p. 51 …launched to LEO, which is 44 times lower than the oft-quoted standard space
launch industry…
- p. 53 …to reach the multi-megawatt level within three to five
years from the time of this…
- p. 56 …state lasing operation while at the same time increasing the average
beam power.
Figure 21. Phase…
- p. 66 …estimates can be
performed at this time because the high-power solid-state and FEL laser…
- p. 67 …steer the high-energy laser (HEL) beam, while
at the same time making real-time adjustments…
- p. 68 …Notional Long Range HEL Beam Control System (courtesy of the Directed Energy
Professional Society).
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- p. 73 …steering the high-energy laser beam, while at the same
time making real-time adjustments to…
01 November 2010
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