In 1996. the Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Division at Edwards AFB initiated the Lightcraft Technology Demonstration (LTD) Program that had as its main objective to launch a laser-propelled vehicle into a suborbital trajectory within a period of 5 years. The concept is a nanosatellite in which the laser propulsion engine and satellite hardware are intimately shared.


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    Title :

    Laser-Powered, Vertical Flight Experiments at the High Energy Laser System Test Facility


    Contributors:
    F. B. Mead (author) / C. W. Larson (author)

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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