Alternatives for military space radar [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Cale M. Gillen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 623/.7348 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GillenCale M |
Collana | Defense, security and strategy series |
Soggetto topico |
Space-based radar - Evaluation
Radar - Military applications - United States Astronautics, Military - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61209-818-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465199903321 |
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Alternatives for military space radar / / editor, Cale M. Gillen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 623/.7348 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GillenCale M |
Collana | Defense, security and strategy series |
Soggetto topico |
Space-based radar - Evaluation
Radar - Military applications - United States Astronautics, Military - United States |
ISBN | 1-61209-818-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ALTERNATIVES FOR MILITARY SPACE RADAR -- ALTERNATIVES FOR MILITARY SPACE RADAR -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ALTERNATIVES FOR MILITARY SPACE RADAR -- SUMMARY -- Space Radar's Operations and Intended Missions -- Issues in Designing a Space Radar System -- Design Trade-Offs -- Key Technological Challenges -- Alternative Space Radar Architectures -- Costs of the Alternative Space Radar Systems -- Performance Comparison of the Alternative Architectures -- SAR Performance -- Access -- Response Time -- Coverage -- GMTI Performance -- Access -- Coverage -- Mean Track Life -- Performance against Mobile Missile Launchers -- Data Processing and Communications Bandwidth -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Space Radar's Intended Missions -- Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging -- Ground Moving-Target Indication -- High-Resolution Terrain Information and Open-Ocean Surveillance -- CBO's Analytic Approach -- 2. PAST AND PRESENT SAR AND GMTI PLATFORMS -- Previous SAR Spacecraft -- Current SAR Spacecraft -- Designs for Planned SAR Spacecraft -- Airborne SAR and GMTI Systems -- Discoverer II GMTI Program -- 3. DESIGN TRADES, KEY TECHNOLOGIES, AND ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR SPACE RADAR -- Trade-Offs in Designing a Space Radar System -- Orbital Altitude and Inclination -- Benefits and Drawbacks of Various Altitudes -- Potential Problems with Medium Earth Orbits -- The Role of Inclination -- Radar Antenna: Electronically Steered Array or Reflector? -- Radar Frequency -- Challenges Posed by Key Technologies -- Satellite Power -- Radar Bandwidth -- GMTI Signal Processing -- Communications Bandwidth -- The Alternative Architectures Analyzed in This chapter -- Costs of the Alternatives -- 4. PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR SPACE RADAR -- SAR Imaging Performance -- SAR Access -- SAR Response Time -- SAR Coverage -- GMTI Performance -- GMTI Access.
GMTI Response Time -- GMTI Coverage -- Mean Track Life for Individual Targets -- Performance against Mobile Missile Launchers -- Data Processing and Communications Bandwidth -- SAR Data Rates -- GMTI Data Rates -- APPENDIX A. COST ESTIMATES FOR THE ALTERNATIVE SPACE RADAR SYSTEMS IN CBO'S ANALYSIS -- A Summary of the Alternatives and Their Costs -- CBO's Estimating Methods -- Research and Development Costs -- Procurement Costs -- Payload -- Spacecraft -- Integration and Assembly -- Ground Equipment -- Launch Vehicle -- Program Management -- Operations Costs -- Satellite Operations -- Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination -- Sustaining Engineering -- Replacement Space Radars and Launch Vehicles -- APPENDIX B. SAR AND GMTI ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES -- SAR Analysis Methodology -- GMTI Analysis Methodology -- GLOSSARY -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 TRANSFORMATIONAL SATELLITE AND SPACE RADAR CHALLENGES -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- ENCLOSURE I: COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- ENCLOSURE II: SPACE RADAR BRIEFING SLIDES -- Space Radar -- Briefing Contents -- BACKGROUND -- System Description and Capabilities -- Program Cost and Complexity -- Management and Stakeholders -- Program Status -- Knowledge about Requirements and Resources Should Influence Program Start -- OBJECTIVE -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- PRELIMINARY FINDINGS -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Requirements -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Resources - Technology -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Resources - Technology -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Resources - Cost Sharing -- Challenges Remain - Requirements -- Challenges Remain - Program May Not Have Planned Enough Time -- Comparison of Months between Program Milestones -- Challenges Remain - Program May Not Have Planned Enough Time. Challenges Remain: Key Risks Need to Be Mitigated -- Examples of Top Risks of the Development Effort -- Challenges Remain: Key Risks Need to be Mitigated -- Challenges Remain - Agreements Need to be Finalized: Cost Sharing -- Challenges Remain - Agreements Need to be Finalized: Roles and Responsibilities -- Challenges Remain - Program Affordability -- Conclusions -- Scope of Work -- Locations for interviews and documentation: -- ENCLOSURE III: TRANSFORMATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (TSAT) -- Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) -- Briefing Contents -- BACKGROUND -- Importance of TSAT -- Importance of TSAT -- Cost, Funding & -- Schedule -- Incremental Block Approach -- Acquisition Schedule -- Incremental Block Approach -- OBJECTIVE -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- PRELIMINARY FINDINGS -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Requirements -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Maturing Technology -- Program Has Strived to Close Gaps: Maturing Technology -- Challenges Remain: Early Tests Have Revealed Challenges in Laser Communication -- Challenges Remain: Limited Scalability Testing Adds Risk -- Challenges Remain: Program Faces Inherent Integration Risks -- FINDINGS -- Software Development Schedule Optimistic -- PRELIMINARY FINDINGS -- Challenges Remain: Program May Not Have Planned Enough Time for Networking Activities -- Challenges Remain: Program is Not Able to Fill Critical Technical Positions -- Challenges Remain: Program is Not Able to Fill Critical Technical Positions -- Challenges Remain: Program is Not Able to Fill Critical Technical Positions -- CONCLUSIONS -- SCOPE OF WORK -- GAO'S MISSION -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910658484703321 |
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American aerospace power choosing to lead in the twenty-first century / / Harry A. Foster, Dylan A. Bell, Darren R. Turner |
Autore | Foster Harry A. <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : Air University Press : , : Air Force Research Institutie, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 33 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 358.4/030973 |
Collana | Occasional paper / Center for Strategy and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Military - United States
Astronautics, Military - United States Air power - United States National security - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708256003321 |
Foster Harry A. <1965->
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : Air University Press : , : Air Force Research Institutie, , 2016 | ||
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The Army space journal |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Colorado Springs, Colo.], : U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, [2002]- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
Space warfare Astronautics, Military Armed Forces - Operational readiness |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Army space journal |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910692446003321 |
[Colorado Springs, Colo.], : U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, [2002]- | ||
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Assuring assured access to space : hearing before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held March 17, 2015 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 136 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) - United States Space launch industry - United States Competition National security - United States Astronautics, Military Government policy Launch vehicles (Astronautics) National security Space launch industry |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Assuring assured access to space |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704053303321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 | ||
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Assuring national security space : investing in American industry to end reliance on Russian rocket engines : hearing before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held June 26, 2015 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 181 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
National security - United States Rocket engines - Purchasing - United States Military planning - United States Launch vehicles (Astronautics) - United States Astronautics and state - United States - Planning |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Assuring national security space |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707016203321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 | ||
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Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership |
Autore | Spires David N |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
Space warfare Space weapons Astronautics, Military |
ISBN | 1-4294-9236-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708480803321 |
Spires David N
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[Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 1998 | ||
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Beyond the Paths of Heaven: The Emergence of Space Thought |
Autore | DeBlois Bruce M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 1999 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DeBloisBruce M. <1957-> |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
Space warfare |
ISBN | 1-4294-7230-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693677103321 |
DeBlois Bruce M
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[Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 1999 | ||
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Chief of Space Operations' Planning Guidance / / 1st Chief of Space Operations |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : [United States Space Force], , [2020?] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (11 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics, Military - United States
Astronautics and state - United States - Planning Space control (Military science) - United States Astronautics, Military Planning Space control (Military science) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | CSO Planning Guidance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715028903321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : [United States Space Force], , [2020?] | ||
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Counterspace operations [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Air Force, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 56 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Air Force doctrine document |
Soggetto topico | Astronautics, Military - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696767403321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Air Force, , [2006] | ||
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