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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. 2 …a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Defense Intelligence Agency,~(b…
  • p. 5 …the mission operational costs for tracking and managing a constellation. To reduce overall mission cost, advanced…
  • p. 8 …being the biggest drivers. Advanced microelectronic solutions are being developed to meet these challenges. The microelectronics…
  • p. 9 …The RHrFPGA also allows concurrent design by decoupling the logic design from the module, shortens the…
  • p. 12 …However, "receiver-on-a-chip" technology has advanced to the point where including a receiver onboard…
  • p. 17 …the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center and the Propulsion Sciences and Advanced Concepts Division of the…
  • p. 55 …remove and store the waste heat produced by BSSSL devices. General Atomics' Advanced Power Systems Division…
  • p. 56 …The HELLADS matched-index- of-refraction liquid cooling technique and General Atomics' advanced thermal energy storage…
  • p. 64 …and testing of advanced high-energy/high-power FEL designs for the purpose of deploying them…
  • p. 66 …High-Power FEL Optical Resonator (courtesy of the Naval Post-Graduate School FEL Lab). ESTIMATED PAYLOAD…
  • p. 72 …The system is single-stage-to-orbit and completely reusable with no onboard propellant required (the…
  • p. 75 …Laser Propulsion Q Advanced Applications," in Vision-21: Space Travel for the Next Millennium, edited by…
  • p. 76 …Advanced Concepts Office, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards AFB, CA (Nov. 18, 2002). 30 Kalisky, Y. (2006), The…
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