Civil Air Patrol CAP Mitchell Award Aerospace Terms

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Civil Air Patrol CAP Mitchell Award
Aerospace Terms


satellite -- correct answer--natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth




orbit -- correct answer--the path a satellite takes around a celestial body




apogee -- correct answer--the highest point of an orbit




perigee -- correct answer--the lowest point of an orbit




Sputnik -- correct answer--the first artificial satellite




COMSTAT -- correct answer--communications satellites




INTELSAT -- correct answer--International Telecommunications Satellite Organization




NAVSTAR -- correct answer--navigation satellites

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LANDSAT -- correct answer--satellites that locate natural resources and monitor
conditions on the Earth's surface




GOES -- correct answer--Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites




Johannes Kepler -- correct answer--discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the
1600's




Kepler's First Law -- correct answer--the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at
the focus




Mercury -- correct answer--US' first manned spaceflight project




Gemini -- correct answer--US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in
space and the first two-man capsule




Apollo -- correct answer--US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon




Skylab -- correct answer--US' manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into space;
first US space station