On 22/10/13 14:44, Keith Henson wrote:
I got to thinking, If your goal is to loft power sats, rather than actually generate power there is no need for your first sat to be in GEO. Put it in a middlish LEO orbit, as you cruise over the launch site (during the day) fire the laser (so total distance is now more like 400Km rather than 40K, so your laser is going to be easier) and "pull" the payload into orbit behind you, worst case it'll be ~8 minutes or 4000km behind you at burnout and your inital rocket launched payloads are now twice as easy to loft.On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 2:02 PM, John Stoffel <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: snipLaser sounds neat, but I always wonder what happens when it loses lock and illuminates something else by accident...That's why the acceleration path is over water. Keith
