Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Weapon System (KE ASAT WS)

Conference · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7198344

Stegmaier, J T; Grannan, M J ^[1]

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1. U.S. Army, Strategic Defense Command, Huntsville, AL (United States)

The KE ASAT WS which aimed at providing capabilities to negate satellites in space and deny ability to collect critical land and ocean surveillance data is presented. The KE ASAT WS includes two subsystems: the missile subsystem consisting of a kill vehicle, a three-stage booster, and a launcher; and the weapon control subsystem consisting of the mission control element, battery control center, and communication network. The KEASAT missile is a ground launched KE weapon utilizing 'hit to kill' instead of an explosive warhead, and the kill vehicle is based on a visible light seeker for target detection.

• OSTI ID: 7198344
• Report Number(s): AIAA-Paper-92-1355; CONF-920373-
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA) space programs and technologies conference, Huntsville, AL (United States), 24-27 Mar 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
SPACE WEAPONS
DESIGN
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DETECTION
KINETIC ENERGY
LAUNCHING
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NATIONAL DEFENSE
SATELLITES
SPACE
SURVEILLANCE
TARGETS
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WEAPONS
ENERGY
EQUIPMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
US ORGANIZATIONS
450500* - Military Technology
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& National Defense- Strategic Defense Initiative- (1990-)