ONE CATALOG
A single picture that keeps covariance for every object, from missile tracks to asteroids, on open CCSDS and MPC standards.
PROGRAM 04 · SPACE DEFENSE
Defend Earth and orbit,
layer by layer.
One layered architecture against three kinds of threat: asteroids and comets, a crowded and contested orbital environment, and missiles that pass through space. The missions share sensors, a single track picture, communications and logistics. They differ in timeline, decision authority and effectors.
CONCEPT PHASE · AIMS, NOT RESULTS
FIG. 04 / LAYERED ARCHITECTUREFIVE LAYERS · THREE MISSIONS
MISSIONS
3 · planetary · orbital · missile
LAYERS
Ground → LEO → GEO → cislunar → heliocentric
METHOD
Open trade studies → evidence
THE MISSIONSThree threats.
Three threats.
One sensing system.
The same infrared satellite that watches for missile launches also sees meteors entering the atmosphere. The same telescopes that maintain the orbital catalog catch asteroids on close approach. So the architecture is built around one track picture.
04.1 / PLANETARY DEFENSEYEARS OF WARNING
Find it early. Move it gently.
Survey for near-Earth asteroids and comets, characterize them, and deflect with a kinetic impactor, gravity tractor or, as a last resort, a standoff burst.
EXPLORE THE MISSION →04.2 / DOMAIN AWARENESSHOURS OF WARNING
Know what is up there, and keep it safe.
One catalog with covariance, conjunction assessment, characterization, servicing and debris removal, from LEO to cislunar space.
EXPLORE THE MISSION →04.3 / MISSILE DEFENSEMINUTES OF WARNING
See the launch. Hold the track.
Space-based warning and birth-to-death tracking, plus open trade studies of interceptor layers and their absentee ratio.
EXPLORE THE MISSION →THE LAYERSReuse what exists.
Reuse what exists.
Add what is missing.
Each layer starts from infrastructure that already operates and adds the pieces that close the gaps.
L0 · Ground and sea | Reuse: Space Fence, the Space Surveillance Network, Rubin/LSST, ATLAS, Catalina, Goldstone, commercial SSA networks, ground and sea interceptors Add: Deep-space radar to replace Arecibo; distributed GEO and cislunar telescopes; optical ground terminals |
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L1 · Low Earth orbit | Reuse: Proliferated transport and infrared tracking layers; commercial meshes as hosts Add: Continuous custody of hypersonic tracks; SSA sensors looking up from LEO; inspectors; an optional interceptor layer, subject to trade |
L2 · MEO / GEO / HEO | Reuse: SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR; GEO neighbourhood watch; commercial life-extension servicers Add: Maneuverable GEO patrol satellites; refueling depots; debris-removal tugs; polar HEO warning |
L3 · Cislunar | Reuse: Little dedicated capability today Add: SSA sentinels at Earth–Moon L1/L2; relay and timing node; parking orbit for a ready asteroid interceptor |
L4 · Heliocentric | Reuse: NEO Surveyor; the DART and Hera results Add: IR survey inside Earth's orbit near Venus; rapid reconnaissance flyby spacecraft; the deflection ladder |
THE SHARED BACKBONE
Detect. Track. Decide. Act.
Every mission runs the same chain. What changes is how long each step is allowed to take, and who decides.
GRADED AUTONOMY
Seconds and pre-authorized for missiles; operator-in-the-loop for orbit; deliberative and international for asteroids.
OPTICAL MESH
Crosslinks between LEO satellites, relays in GEO and cislunar space, and a resilient ground network.
NO NEW DEBRIS
No destructive tests in orbit, a disposal plan for every spacecraft, and every design screened for collision risk.
PHASINGIntegrate first.
Integrate first.
Then extend outward.
The first phase builds nothing in orbit. It connects what exists and builds the tools that size everything after it.
PHASE 02026–2028
INTEGRATE
Fuse existing sensors into one track picture and digital twin; build the open trade-study toolchain.
PHASE 12028–2031
PROLIFERATE SENSING
Expand LEO infrared tracking; GEO and cislunar SSA sentinels; NEO Surveyor operations; deep-space radar.
PHASE 22030–2035
ADD EFFECTORS
A ready asteroid interceptor; servicing and debris removal; an evidence-based decision on interceptor layers.
PHASE 32035+
EXTEND OUTWARD
A Venus-region infrared survey, a cislunar relay, and the full deflection ladder.
THE STANDARD
Open tools. Traceable evidence.
The same rule as every Aerospace Superintelligence program.
An architecture is a hypothesis until a reproducible trade study says otherwise.
Every number on these pages is a planning estimate from public sources. The program's job is to replace each one with a traceable result from open analysis tools: stated assumptions, the tool version, the inputs, and the output. The work uses public, unclassified sources only.