CAP - Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Study Guide
questions with correct answers
What is a satellite Correct Answer-natural or artificial object in space
that orbits the Earth
What is an orbit Correct Answer-the path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
What is an apogee Correct Answer-the highest point of an orbit
What is a perigee Correct Answer-the lowest point of an orbit
What is COMSTAT Correct Answer-communications satellites
What is INTELSAT Correct Answer-International Telecommunications
Satellite Organization
What is NAVSTAR Correct Answer-navigation satellites
What is LANDSAT Correct Answer-satellites that locate natural
resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface
What is GOES Correct Answer-Geostationary Operations
Environmental Satellites
, Who was Johannes Kepler Correct Answer-discovered satellites orbiting
around Jupiter in the 1600's
What is Kepler's First Law Correct Answer-the orbit of each planet is an
ellipse, with the Sun at the focus
What was the Mercury mission Correct Answer-US' first manned
spaceflight project
What was Gemini Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
achieved the first walk in space and the first two-man capsule
What was Apollo Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
put man on the Moon
What was Skylab Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
put a laboratory into space; first US space station
What was Apollo-Soyuz Correct Answer-Manned spaceflight project
linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space
What was the Space Shuttle Correct Answer-US' Space Transportation
System (STS) for transporting into space and returning to Earth
questions with correct answers
What is a satellite Correct Answer-natural or artificial object in space
that orbits the Earth
What is an orbit Correct Answer-the path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
What is an apogee Correct Answer-the highest point of an orbit
What is a perigee Correct Answer-the lowest point of an orbit
What is COMSTAT Correct Answer-communications satellites
What is INTELSAT Correct Answer-International Telecommunications
Satellite Organization
What is NAVSTAR Correct Answer-navigation satellites
What is LANDSAT Correct Answer-satellites that locate natural
resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface
What is GOES Correct Answer-Geostationary Operations
Environmental Satellites
, Who was Johannes Kepler Correct Answer-discovered satellites orbiting
around Jupiter in the 1600's
What is Kepler's First Law Correct Answer-the orbit of each planet is an
ellipse, with the Sun at the focus
What was the Mercury mission Correct Answer-US' first manned
spaceflight project
What was Gemini Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
achieved the first walk in space and the first two-man capsule
What was Apollo Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
put man on the Moon
What was Skylab Correct Answer-US' manned spaceflight project that
put a laboratory into space; first US space station
What was Apollo-Soyuz Correct Answer-Manned spaceflight project
linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space
What was the Space Shuttle Correct Answer-US' Space Transportation
System (STS) for transporting into space and returning to Earth
