SPACECAST 2020, Volume 1.

Abstract

SPACECAST 2020 was a Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF)-directed space study, challenged to identify and conceptually develop high-leverage space technologies and systems that will best support the warfighter in the twenty-first century. The study produced a series of white naners which have been assembled into clusters of concern for future space capabilities. Volume I consists of 11 unclassified white papers: Leveraging the Infosphere: Surveillance and Reconnaissance in 2020; Space Traffic Control: The Culmination of Improved Spave Operations; 21st Century Weather Support Architecture; Space-Based Solar Monitoring and Alert Satellite System; Space Weather Support for Communications; Spacelift: Suborbital, Earth to Orbit, and On Orbit; Unconventional Spacelift; Rapid Space Force Reconstitution (RASEOR); Space Modular Systems; Professional Military Education (PME) in 2020; and Preparing for Planetary Defense: Detection and Interception of Asteroids on Collision Course with Earth. The Volume also contains an Operational Analysis and listings of Project Contributors and Project Participants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA295142

Entities

People

  • Jay W. Kelley

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Astronautics
  • Climate Change
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Space Objects
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites