ASCBC TEST 1 questions well answered to pass

ASCBC TEST 1 questions well answered
to pass

4 TYPES OF ORBITS - correct answer ✔✔LEO,

MEO

GEO

HEO



WHAT DOES LEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Low Earth Orbit



WHAT DOES MEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Medium Earth Orbit



WHAT DOES GEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Geosynchronous orbit



What does HEO stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Highly Elliptical Orbit



HOW ARE SATELIITES TRAVELING AROUND EARTH - correct answer ✔✔FALLING AROUND EARTH DUE TO
GRAVITY



Is Earth a perfect sphere? - correct answer ✔✔no, it bulges at the equator



orbit period - correct answer ✔✔how long a satellite takes to go around once



how many times does the space station orbit earth - correct answer ✔✔16x a day 95 minutes



What does apogee mean? - correct answer ✔✔furthest away from earth



at apogee does the object move fastest or slowest - correct answer ✔✔slowest

, What does perigee mean? - correct answer ✔✔closest to the earth



at perigee does the object move fastest or slowest - correct answer ✔✔fastest



what does prograde mean - correct answer ✔✔rotates WITH Earth's rotation



which is counterclockwise



What does retrograde mean? - correct answer ✔✔rotates AGAINST Earth's rotation



clockwise



What does nadir mean? - correct answer ✔✔the downward-facing viewing geometry of an orbiting
satellite



what is ground trace - correct answer ✔✔projection of a satellite's orbit onto Earth's surface



How many laws did Kepler have - correct answer ✔✔3



What are Keplers 3 laws - correct answer ✔✔Law of Orbits

Law of Areas

Law of Periods



What is Keplers 1st law - correct answer ✔✔law of orbits



What is the law of orbits - correct answer ✔✔The orbits of planets are ellipses with the sun at focus

(DISTANCE FROM THE FOCI TO A POINT ON ELLIPSE IS A CONSTANT}