Satellite concept: stealth high power microwave
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More information and references: https://www.reddit.com/r/psychotronics/comments/198t0ki/darkly_dreaming_extreme_possibilities_stealth/ This is a satellite scale model, imagineered by a [RF hacker civilian](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenV2K). Because if I can propose this as an amateur, then "voice of god" orbital weapons are feasible, when you can allocate enough nation-state budget to build some. (I'm saying that as a hardcore atheist, with a big axe to grind *eyebrow waggle*) I used free software and public information, without any kind of "need to know", to create this CAD model. While I'm clearly speculating here, I'm also doing the math, and measuring out realistic size components, to make this thing function. Designed to fit within a [Falcon 9 launch vehicle](https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-9/), as an <17t plausible payload, to be placed into Low-Earth orbit. The <5t payload requirement for reusable boosters, isn't feasible, given the weight needed, for the required energy density, as ten ["BES-5" class RTGs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BES-5), are just under 4t, alone. The payload I've designed is approximately the size of a ["KH7" or "GAMBIT-1" reconnaissance satellite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-7_Gambit), from the mid 1960s. The US has launched WAY bigger [ISR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence%2C_surveillance%2C_target_acquisition%2C_and_reconnaissance) satellite payloads than this, decades ago, so there's **lots** of breathing room, to **stretch** the design, to add more RTGs, capacitor banks, and huge RF amplifiers. This is all 1980s or before technology, that I'm referring to here. Imagine this satellite as a scaled up version of [MEDUSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDUSA_\(weapon\)), which followed long after [an old 1975 pulse modulation experiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation#Miscellaneous_modulation_techniques). My main design goals were to implement: - In-orbit scaled, [high power microwave pulse modulation](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenV2K)^[15] - Realistic size, weight, function; deployable satellite^[1][2] - Stealth via RCS reduction^[3] and RAM coatings^[4] - Phased array of vircators^[12] with lens antennas^[13][14] - Nuclear RTU power^[9][10][11] AND nuclear propulsion^[6][7] - Symmetry/weight balance for all integrated components References: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9 2. https://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/001/f9guide.pdf 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar_cross-section_(RCS)_reductions 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar-absorbent_material 5. https://www.rfwireless-world.com/Tutorials/radar-bands.html 6. https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/maneuver-warfare-in-space-the-strategic-mandate-for-nuclear-propulsion/ 7. https://spacenews.com/report-nuclear-propulsion-would-help-military-satellites-maneuver-out-of-harms-way/ 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_space 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BES-5 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect 12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1004809403664 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_antenna 14. [High_Power_Microwave_Zoom_Antenna_with_Metal_Plate_Lenses](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277940845_A_High_Power_Microwave_Zoom_Antenna_with_Metal_Plate_Lenses) 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDUSA_(weapon)
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