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At the beginning of 1973 in the USSR, the study of designing possible LJE systems was conducted. A reflector located in the tail of the rocket prototype concentrated the obtained radiation in air, creating reactive thrust through the resulting micro-burst. The results from successful tests of different reflectors that also acted as laser light receivers were obtained. One should note that all of these experiments were conducted with the use of electric discharge CO2 lasers with power up to 10 kW. However, to inject technologically effective equipment (global network connections, Internet, photo-monitoring of Earth surface, debris cleaning) into orbit, the necessary radiated power is substantially higher. For example, for KA launching with a weight of 1000 kg, a laser with a power no less than 10–15 MW is necessary.
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Apollonov, V. (2018). High Power/Energy Lasers and New Applications. In: High-Conductivity Channels in Space. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 103. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02952-4_13
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