Individual reconnaissance missions of the “SeeMe” system for combat units

It is no secret that today the launch of even one satellite to perform various tasks costs millions of dollars. And although the available military and civilian satellites may monitor the surface of the earth, they are not always able to provide the necessary operational data in a particular case of a military conflict in progress. Today it is the main problem of all satellite observation systems - they are not able to observe over a specific territory, and to keep a satellite over the required territory is the cost of time and scarce fuel. In addition, the withdrawal of the satellite in a given area can take so long that the operational information from it is already “out of date”. The Pentagon’s Advanced Research Division, DARPA, opened a competition among defense firms, companies and enterprises to create and develop an innovative operational satellite surveillance system, called “SeeMe”. The system includes:
- carrier rocket. The size of the carrier should not be much larger than the size of standard missiles, which are mounted on the suspension of combat aircraft. The launch vehicle can also be installed in civil courts;
- small observational satellites. They must be provided with high-resolution optics to accomplish the task - to transmit information in real time to the end user;

There can be several dozens of satellites in one launch vehicle, depending on the purpose of the SeeMe system. The aircraft, equipped with the “SeeMe” system, rises into the sky, gains the necessary height - it reaches the set point. After that, it launches a carrier rocket with satellites on board, which goes to the upper atmosphere. The carrier reaches a given orbit and after reaching a given region, the observational satellite of a small size separates from it and begins to observe in a given region for 1.5 hours. The received data from the satellite will be transmitted directly to the combat unit that requested the launch on an individual observation satellite.

Thus, the SeeMe individual surveillance system can, at any time, at the request of the “simple soldier”, issue in real time the necessary information for a given area, which will make it possible to effectively apply the necessary tactics of combat operations. According to the requirements of “DARPA”, “SeeMe” should have full compatibility with satellites working in orbit and work on it 2-3 a month after going into orbit to perform the primary tasks. The delivery method of intelligence satellites may differ from the one proposed by DARPA, for example, you can use the Airport Launch Assist Space Access system for satellite delivery. The system can deliver to space the cargo of any destination weighing up to 45 kilogram. The emphasis in creating the system is done first of all on the economical component, because the military budget of the United States has already exceeded 80 billion dollars. It is expected that by 2015, the United States will be able to deploy a network from the SeeMe satellite system in the number of 25 units. Estimated cost of one satellite is half a million dollars. Theoretically, after a request to deploy a satellite from a combat unit, the reconnaissance satellite can transmit the first information in less than 1.5 hours after receiving the request.



Information sources:
http://www.dailytechinfo.org/military/3623-sistema-seeme-pozvolit-soldatam-operativno-zapuskat-sputniki-nablyudeniya-v-sluchae-neobhodimosti.html
http://warfiles.ru/show-7439-sistema-seeme-pozvolit-soldatam-operativno-zapuskat-sputniki-nablyudeniya-v-sluchae-neobhodimosti.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n0OmIK43iBk

Comments

[Enjoy]

And the lifetime of such a satellite in orbit? And the window during which he sees the operational area? At the request of each soldier will you launch a satellite, you say? The program of small satellites instead of UAVs is being developed in order to save?))))

Oh, these USA, if they are sawing money, so with scale and a beautiful slogan!

[yards]

An ordinary US Army foot soldier will soon acquire the intelligence capabilities of the Soviet motorized infantry division With such a volume of information, it is necessary to attach a full-time analyst ...
But in the Russian motorized rifle brigade of a new type - reconnaissance capabilities are very modest

[leon-iv]

good luck to them in this matter.
As many of these satellites as possible)))))

[11Goor11]

YARDI:
With such a volume of information, it is necessary to attach a full-time analyst ...

Here you are right, and let them take the most, the highest paid ...

[Brother Sarych]

Maybe we misunderstood something here?
How can this satellite be more efficient than the same UAV? And what kind of optics can be in a satellite the size of a tin can?

[Enjoy]

The main thing is to develop a little longer)) And there you can close the program when the budget is mastered

[755962]

Quote: Brother Sarich

How can this satellite be more efficient than the same UAV?

One does not interfere with the other. And in some cases it complements each other. As, for example, the notorious "Network-centric principle"

The network-centric principle is one of the key in the military reform that the Pentagon has been pursuing since the 1990s. According to this principle, the command, as well as each unit on the battlefield, each tank, and even each soldier will be integrated into one information network, exchange information, receive all necessary information about the enemy, which should increase the combat effectiveness of both the entire army and each of its component.
The concept of network-centric warfare appeared in the United States in the late 1990s. On it, all military branches, communications and intelligence, including military satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles, are combined into a single system for the constant exchange of information.
With such an organization, military units scattered over a large territory will be able to constantly receive new data on the goals and actions of enemy units, and the leadership will have a real combat picture.

[AK-74-1]

A good article on corruption in the AEC. Keep it up.

[leon-iv]

I didn’t understand something, but in what orbit will it be?
And from what height should I run

[Nester]

"at the request of a" simple soldier "" - fuck. Even if this is exaggerated, then one hell is expensive. Sitting amersky general in Iraq and another in Afghanistan. To one another: "Look what women we have in Iraq" and satellites flew. After 1.5 hours, the one who also launches satellites in Afghanistan and writes to the first one: "No, ours are better" and sends pictures from the satellite. Then a third (with the Libyan women) intervenes in the conversation and satellites flew again. )))

[Andrey_K]

It's even easier - in their "secret" military Google-Maps, as soon as the user hovers over a specific area, a request arises: "Request data with a high magnification?"
User replies "Yes"
Validity time: "minimum"
And the satellites flew, but he is sick and does not know - he thinks: the cache from the backup drive is copied.

[kostiknet]

Yakindos try to act according to the saying: "Stop! Don't drink from the toilet! There are germs and infection! Pull the handle, drain the water, blow off the foam - then drink it !!!" They give birth to ideas, one more fun than the other. Soon their infantryman will not be seen from under the "gadgets", and this "valiant warrior" will get up with the help of a pair of servants (a psychologist and a lawyer) And with money, everything is fine with them - the country's debt reaches "cosmic" values, they do not even plan to extinguish it. So they will print candy wrappers as needed.

[Max]

It makes no sense to launch a satellite at such a cost for such a short time, if there are portable drones that even better cope with the task. ply under the clouds, not like satellites.

[11Goor11]

Another drank green money.
And if you think about it, you can hang several times more cheap equipment to the weather balloon
(which does not need resistance to overloads, temperatures, etc.)
the probe will last longer than an hour and a half.
here is the asymmetric answer.

[sedoii]

Rather, the satellite trajectory is strongly elongated over the object .. Like our "Lightning" (in smaller scales), which allows you to keep the object for 1,5 hours and life in orbit for several months. For a clash, of course, it is very expensive, but for a local conflict it is acceptable.

[sedoii]

An analogue of our system with MIG-31D, only our 1 satellite weighing 40 - 200 kg
(depending on the orbit). But it was a long time ago, in 1987 ..

[Honory]

An interesting idea, but how realistic is it at the moment?