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Name the six mission phases: - CORRECT ANSWER -Phase 1: Preliminary research & development
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Manufacturing&Test(Payload&LaunchVehicle) Phase v v v v v v v
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Launch Vehicle Integration & Testing
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Phase 4:
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Launch&RangeFieldOperations Phase
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MissionOperations v
Phase 6:
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End of Life, Reentry & Recovery
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Research & Development Design Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER --Preliminary Product Design(PD)
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-Risk Analysis & Mitigation
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-Product Design Review (PDR) v v v
-Customer Design Review (CDR) v v v
Phase 1: What are inputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mission Objectives
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Phase 1: What are outputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Approved Design
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Mission Objectives of Voyager 1 & 2 - CORRECT ANSWER -Launch 2 Identical Satellites
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, NASA Planetary Exploration
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-Jupiter
-Saturn
-Neptune
-Uranus
Design requirements of Voyager 1 & 2 - CORRECT ANSWER -- Travel to deep space
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- Keep the high-gain antenna pointed at Earth
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- Keep sensors pointed at subject planets
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Phase 2: What are inputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Approved Design
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Phase 2: What are outputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Completed Hardware Build
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Typesof Missions -CORRECT ANSWER -Communication Navigation
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Science
Application
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Exploration
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Education&Training v v
Military
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Spacecraft Payload - CORRECT ANSWER -Allsoftware and hardware associated with conducting the
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space mission objectives
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Spacecraft Bus - CORRECT ANSWER -All the subsystems necessary to support and operate the
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payload
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ANSWERS 2025/2026 v v
Name the six mission phases: - CORRECT ANSWER -Phase 1: Preliminary research & development
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Phase 2: v
Manufacturing&Test(Payload&LaunchVehicle) Phase v v v v v v v
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Launch Vehicle Integration & Testing
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Phase 4:
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Launch&RangeFieldOperations Phase
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MissionOperations v
Phase 6:
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End of Life, Reentry & Recovery
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Research & Development Design Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER --Preliminary Product Design(PD)
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-Risk Analysis & Mitigation
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-Product Design Review (PDR) v v v
-Customer Design Review (CDR) v v v
Phase 1: What are inputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mission Objectives
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Phase 1: What are outputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Approved Design
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Mission Objectives of Voyager 1 & 2 - CORRECT ANSWER -Launch 2 Identical Satellites
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, NASA Planetary Exploration
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-Jupiter
-Saturn
-Neptune
-Uranus
Design requirements of Voyager 1 & 2 - CORRECT ANSWER -- Travel to deep space
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- Keep the high-gain antenna pointed at Earth
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- Keep sensors pointed at subject planets
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Phase 2: What are inputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Approved Design
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Phase 2: What are outputs? - CORRECT ANSWER -Completed Hardware Build
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Typesof Missions -CORRECT ANSWER -Communication Navigation
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Science
Application
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Exploration
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Education&Training v v
Military
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Spacecraft Payload - CORRECT ANSWER -Allsoftware and hardware associated with conducting the
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space mission objectives
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Spacecraft Bus - CORRECT ANSWER -All the subsystems necessary to support and operate the
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payload
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