Published September 16, 2003
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Space Debris-de-Orbiting by Vaporization Impulse using Short Pulse Laser
Description
Space debris constitutes a significant hazard to low earth orbit satellites and particularly to manned spacecraft. A quite small velocity decrease from vaporization impulses is enough to lower the perigee of the debris sufficiently for atmospheric drag to de-orbit the debris. A short pulse (picosecond) laser version of the Orion concept can accomplish this task in several years of operation. The ''Mercury'' short pulse Yb:S-FAP laser being developed at LLNL for laser fusion is appropriate for this task
Availability note (English)
Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15006465-WhFJsO/native/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 0.9 Megabytes
- Report number
- UCRL-JC--155482
Conference
- Title
- 2. International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion
- Dates
- 20-23 Oct 2003
- Place
- Sendai (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 35032922
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- EVAPORATION; LASER RADIATION; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; PROPULSION; PULSED IRRADIATION; SATELLITES; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIATIONS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Funding organization
- US Department of Energy (United States)