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What is the purpose of VLEO? Being at lower altitude to enable kinetic weapons for projects like Golden Dome?
by testing43523 8mo ago
What is the purpose of VLEO? Being at lower altitude to enable kinetic weapons for projects like Golden Dome?
- VoidWhisperer 8mo agoI think the main purpose, atleast in this case, is to enable very high resolution satellite imagery (whether or not that being a good thing in and of itself is another matter).
- topherhaddad 8mo ago1. The proximity improves performance: - Range^2: imaging, other sensing, closing link budgets (data you're sending or signals you're sensing) - Range^3: SAR - Range^4: Active sensing (lidar, radar, etc) - Speed: Comms latency, time to intercept - If you can build systems fast/cheap, this physics unlock creates a new paradigm for system architectures (compared to traditional cost/schedule/performance tradeoffs) 2. Diversification is important for resilience/deterrence - Drag self cleans debris - It's below the belts where radiation gets trapped after a nuclear detonation. Makes for not only a survivable orbit, but one with assured reconstitution