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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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Table 2. Performance and Estimated Weights for a Hybrid Rocket and
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Hybrid Rocket Expendible Launch Vehicle - Assumed Perfonnance and Estimated Weights
Payload Mass (kg) 1.00 5.00 10.0
3"' Stage Wt. (kg) 36.8 71.2 108
3"' Stage Isp (s) 295 295 295
Propellant Fraction ,737 .766 .782
Impulsive Veloeity (km/s) 3.62 3.62 3.62
2"d Stage Wt. (kg) 283 311 341
2nd Stage Isp (s) 300 300 300
Propellant Fraetion .800 .814 .830
Impulsive Velocity (km/s) 3.58 3.58 3.58
I"' Stage Wt. (kg) 394 427 462
1"' Stage Isp (s) 305 305 305
Propellant Fraction .860 .868 .891
Impulsive Velocity (km/s) 1.92 1.92 1.92
Total Velocity (km/s) 9.12 9.12 9.12
Total Weight (kg) 715 815 921
I .ightcraft Expl·odablc Lauoth \lehkle----Assumed Performance and Estimated Weights
Payload Mass (kg) 1.00 5.00 10.0
Stage Wt (kg) 2.00 10.0 20.0
UTeetive hp (s) 1,452 1,452 1,452
Propellant Fraction .500 .500 .500
lmpusive Vdocity (km/s) 9.84 9.84 9.84
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