Military Implications of an SPS

Table 2-1 SPS SYSTEM AND SUBSYSTEM ELEMENTS A. SPS REFERENCE DESIGN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM RECTENNA Earth launch facilities Pilot beam and associated equipment Earth-to-LEO vehicles Power collection antennas Orbit-to-orbit and sortie Power conversion and conditioning vehicles Support structures Power distribution and interface LEO BASE Living/working quarters B. POSSIBLE MILITARY ADAPTERS Materials stockpile Propellant depot WEAPON MODULES Power System Projectile weapons Manipulators/grappiers GEO BASE Directed energy weapons Living/working quarters Construction equipment C3I MODULES Materials stockpile Communications packages Propellant depot Wide area broadcast transmitter Power system Radar Lidar POWER SATELLITE Telescopes and cameras Photovoltaic array RF receivers Power collection and distribution MILITARY SUPPORT MODULES Power conditioning and Navigation beacons conversion Power beam diverters Power transmitter and CBW laboratory and/or stockpiles microwave beam Augmented manning Support structures Rotary joint Attitude control system Living/working quarters COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RF and laser links COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM C^2 centers (at power satellites and rectennas) C^2 centers (all others)

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