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Surface to Orbit Missile Launcher

A missile system solely designed for orbital defense.

Launcher System

The Surface to Orbit Missile System uses a Cold Launch System, which entails usage of a launching device rather than the missile's propulsion system. In this case, the launching system is a specialized tube wrapped with Unidirectional Gravity Plating that launches the missile with an escape velocity of 22.8 kilometers per second. This allows the missile to reach a planet's exosphere before ignition of the missiles drives.

Missile

Drives

The Surface to Orbit Missile uses a standard Missile Fusion Engine once it exits a planet's exosphere. This allows the missile an acceleration of 37,703 Gs or 369.7 kilometers per second squared and a maximum attainable velocity of 0.37 c or 110,923 kilometers per second before the drives burn out. During tests, missiles very rarely reached their attainable velocity before striking a target however, giving the Surface to Orbit Missile a maximum powered envelope of 2 Light Minutes or 35,975,094.96 kilometers. It's effective powered envelope is more along the lines of 1 Light Minute or 17,987,547.48 kilometers to give it ample room to maneuver.

Guidance Systems

The Surface to Orbit Missiles have two distinct guidance systems compared to standard missiles. It's standard close-range guidance system is a LADAR Targeting Array, which uses a Laser-based radar to guide it's warhead to the target. Normally, a missile would rely upon a ship or station's long-range detection systems and communications arrays to guide it at long-range. However, considering the Surface to Orbit Missile is launched from the surface of a planet, the missile itself is given a specialized subspace mass sensor with a detection range of 2 Light Hours or 2 158 505 697.6 kilometers.

Warhead

There are only three warheads for the Surface to Orbit Missile.

Antimatter

See: Station-sized Antimatter Warheads

Electronic Warfare

The Electronic Warfare Warhead is similar to Dietrich Starkwerk's Sturm Electronic Countermeasure in its method.

Fusion

See: Station-sized Fusion Warheads

Specifications

Launcher

Missile

Warheads