Project AeroStat
Project Name: AeroStatExtreme Atmosphere Solid-State Aeronautical Reconnaissance Vehicle
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Dedicated Network Transpacial Receiver Satellite.
[INDENT]Welcome to the future of extra planetary-cartography.[/INDENT]
[INDENT]Behold the AeroStat; a comprehensive technology engineered to chart foreign or remote celestial bodies with a minimum level of stress.[/INDENT]
The AeroStat employs two significant systems which, independently and cooperatively, employ dozens of subsystems. These two systems are referred to as the EASSARV and the DNTRS respectively. The former is, in laymen’s terms, a number of atmospheric vehicles complete with communications and scanner equipment. The latter, similarly speaking, is a satellite designed to control, monitor and relay information.
The potential implications of the AeroStat are astounding to say the least. Coupled with a computer-driven deep space vessel, the AeroStat could be deployed around distant bodies, perform its information gathering mission and relay that information to the appropriate persons.
The AeroStat can function in the most inhospitable environments, which makes it useful for charting planetoids with even the most sever atmospheres. With the proper modulation the AeroStat can even be used to gather preliminary scans on near-solar bodies.
The EASSARV-
The Extreme Atmosphere Solid-State Aeronautical Reconnaissance Vehicle is a unibody construct composed of a reactive alloy coated in a conductive polymer. When subjected to properly manipulated electromagnetic fields this alloy/polymer combination is capable of emulating winged flight. Roughly avian in shape, the 'body' of the unit holds its battery, sensor and communications packages, and its onboard artificial intelligence. The ventral surface of the EASSARV is coated in a malleable solar paint which with its onboard micro fission core will power the unit indefinitely.
An EASSARV measures four meters long with an eight meter wingspan but is only fifteen centimeters thick on average. Its body section bulges to almost thirty centimeters around the central housing.
The ventral surface of the EASSARV features multiple inlaid lenses that bend and flex with the motion of the vehicle. Each lens is wired to a camera of some description which is in turn wired into the sensor and communications packages. RADAR, LIDAR, and Sonar are just some of the less invasive scanning technologies aboard the EASSARV. Video and audio can also be collected through a set of parabolic microphones and high resolution digital encoders. The EASSARV even features a miniaturized dedicated energy receptor for high detail scanning and analysis.
In storage the EASSARV wraps its wings around the main body while similarly tucking its rudder portion against the underside of the vehicle. In this fashion multiple ESSARV(s) can be stored and deployed by a single vessel. Each unit is encased in vacuum resistant foam which enables a team to deploy the system from low to medium orbit.
The DNTRS-
The Dedicated Network Transpacial Receiver Satellite is a considerable piece of technology; it is an orbital tracking computer with a single, multi pronged objective.
The DNTRS is a twelve meter long unmanned satellite designed to coordinate the functions of each EASSARV under its jurisdiction. It is also responsible for receiving, storing, and transmitting every bit of data gathered by the EASSARV(s).
The DNTRS is roughly trapezoid in shape with a series of collector panels extending from its surface at various angles. The DNTRS uses energy collection nets in tandem with its onboard power supply to run its primary systems. The DNTRS uses solid fuel to power its thrusters which are rarely used as the DNTRS is supposed to be installed in a stable orbit.
The DNTRS will receive and relay information in real time; the amount of data it can gather, collate, and present is sufficient to, once tabulated, create a virtual map and present it in real time.
The AeroStat In Use
The AeroStat will be deployed by a single large vessel or multiple smaller craft. The vehicle(s) will first establish a stable geosynchronous orbit, the rotation and vector of which will depend on local conditions. At this point the DNTRS will be deployed and configured for any variables not accounted for by mission control. The deployment craft will monitor the DNTRS to confirm that it is functioning properly.
Stage two will involve entering a low orbit, again the conditions will be determined by the local environment, and deploy the EASSARV(s). These will drop, protected by their cases, through the last layers of resistance. Micro detonators within the cases will then explode with a calculated charge that will free the EASSARV. Once in freefall the unit will configure and deploy for winged flight.
Once the ESSARV(s) establish stable flight patterns they will link up with the DNTRS which will in turn feed them directional information and any operational commands required, post launch, by mission control.
The deployment vehicle(s) will remain on position until the DNTRS reports functional.
Once deployed, the AeroStat will function without direct human contact save for those involved with mission control.
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