Laser Test Facility. Environmental Assessment
Abstract
The purpose of the Laser Test Facility (LTF) is to test laser hardware in an integrated manner. The LTF would be a unique facility designed to meet the testing and technology requirements of laser systems similar to the Readiness Demonstrator developed under the Zenith Star contract as well as other potential laser systems. The LTF is needed because no existing test facility has the required combination of capabilities, such as the management of a high energy, large cross-section beam, that would allow this scale of demonstration testing. The general facility would consist of a Performance Test Chamber Complex (approximately 6 hectares (15 acres) with a 4-hectare (10 acre) construction lay down area) surrounded by a 1.2-kilometer (0.75 mile) radius safety zone and an Integration and Test Complex (approximately 10 hectares (25 acres)) located outside the safety zone. The four alternative locations under consideration for development of the LTF are Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida; Kennedy Space Center, Florida; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; and Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA381945
Entities
People
- Tom Craven