Patent · US Expired

Early ballistic missile detection system

US5053622A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1973
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 13, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S3/78
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to an optical detection of ballistics device using satellites emitting beams of neutral molecules in a specified direction. Intense optical radiation will be reflected off insulated surfaces of nose cones and detected by narrow band optical filters on the satellite.

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