Airborne laser threat to commercial space telescopes

作者：Solin John R^*

来源：Optical Engineering, 2014, 53(9): 095105.

DOI：10.1117/1.OE.53.9.095105

• airborne laser
• anti-satellite
• cat's eye effect
• high-energy laser
• high-power laser

An emerging airborne laser (ABL) threat to commercial and scientific space telescopes is described. Techniques for hardening commercial satellites against ABLs and ground-based lasers are presented.