Soldier-Warfighter Operationally Responsive Deployer for Space (SWORDS)

Abstract

SWORDS provides a dedicated, low cost, rapid and predictable launch of small satellites to precise, optimum orbits. It provides the capability to satisfy Combatant Command’s urgent needs for augmentation of persistent imagery or communications in their area of responsibility. When in production, SWORDS is targeted to cost $1.000 million per launch of 25 kilogram payloads up to a 750 kilometers circular orbit from a wide variety of ranges, including austere locations.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
dcb5fadddcca638ff7914aa8e6373c5c

Tags

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites

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