Army Space Cadre Basic Course 2025
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What report Directed the creation of a Space Cadre? - ANSWER Space Commission
Report
Why does the Army maintain an Army Space Cadre? (3) - ANSWER DoD Directive
Fulfill Congressional Mandate
Efficacies for Army
What are the 5 Main Mission Areas? (5) - ANSWER SSA- Space Situation Awareness
BMC2- Battle Management Command and Control
Space Control
Space Support for Operations
Space Service and Support
What are the different Army Space units? (6) - ANSWER 1st Space BDE
- 1st Space BN
-2nd Space BN
-53rd Signal BN
-117th Reserve Space BN
-100th Missile Defense
What is the SMDC Operations Center?
Where is it Located at? - ANSWER -SMDC is the focal point for all command's
operational mission requirements / Provides SA
-Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Which three combatant command commanders have global responsibility? (3) -
ANSWER -TRANSCOM
-SOCOM
-STRATCOM
What are the 6 USSTRATCOM mission areas? (6) - ANSWER -GLOBAL STRIKE
-CYBER SPACE OPERATIONS
-SPACE OPERATIONS
-IMD-INTERGRATED MISSLE DEFENSE
-WMD- WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
-ISR- ELECTRONIC WARFARE
Which JFCC is responsible for Space? - ANSWER JFCC Space
What is the name of the Space Ops center?
,What is the Primary function?
Where is it located? - ANSWER JSpOC
Catalogs all space material/ Global Theater Missile Defense
Located in Vanderberg, CA
The Commander of the SMDC is also the Commander of what JFCC? - ANSWER IMD
(LTC Dickinson)
What is the role of the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Commander as the Army Service
Component Commander to USSTRATCOM? - ANSWER Force Provider
What are the USASMDC/ ARSTRAT three lines of effort and what is their function? (3) -
ANSWER 1- Operations (today)- Provides ready and trained s/m defense forces to
warfighters and nation
2- Capability Development (tomorrow) Provides s/m defense with concepts, doctrine
and techniques
3- Material Development (day after tomorrow) Provides research and developments to
s/m defense cyber, directed energy and related technology
Where is the USASMDC/ ARSTRAT's operational hub located? - ANSWER Peterson
AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
What were the primary contributions of Dr. Robert Goddard (3) - ANSWER -Provided
the Mathematics theories for rocket propulsion.
-Developed gyroscope control, vanes, gimball steering, and fuel pumps for rocket fuel
- Proved that rockets can work in a vacuum
How did the German V2 program contribute to U.S Space development? (3) - ANSWER
-Wiener Von Braun defected to the US
- Helped with development of the Jupiter-C Satellite
-Helped launch the Explorer 1
Describe early U.S. Surveillance programs prior to the launch of our first imagery
satellite? Why did the US develop space-based ISR? (3) - ANSWER -U2 Dragonlady-
High Altitude Surveillance Aricraft
-Progect Genetrix- high Altitude Balloon
-They avoided Over flight issues
Who was the first nation to launch a satellite in space? - ANSWER USSR (Soviet
Union) with Spudnik (1957)
Identify the primary goals of the following space programs
Mercury:
Gemini:
Apollo: - ANSWER Mercury- See the effects of space on humans / gather more
knowledge
, Gemini- Rendezvous and docking & develop skills to go to the moon
Apollo- To land man on moon and bring back to earth
When did the US launch a satellite into space? Who did it? What was it? (3) - ANSWER
-Jan 1958
-US Army
-Explorer 1 with Jupiter-C Satellite
When did the US land a man on the moon? - ANSWER 1969
What was the tracking significance of bouncing radio signals off the moon? (2) -
ANSWER Track satellite/ ICBMs
Communication in Space
How does inclination relate to satellite's ground trace? (2) - ANSWER -Identifies what
Maximum Latitudes are covered on the ground.
- N/S are always going to be the same Latitude line
Describe the Key provisions of the 1967Outer Space Treaty (4) - ANSWER -Equitable
Access
-Used by all
-No claims ofsovernity
- No Nuclear and WMD weapons allowed
Is there an agreement delineating the boundary at which airspace ends and out space
begins? - ANSWER NO
Which document states our right to an "Anticipatory or Preemptive" first strike if we feel
our space systems are being threatened? - ANSWER US National Space Policy
What is our preferred approach to space control outlined in DoD Space Control Policy?
- ANSWER Tactical Denial
What is doctrine? - ANSWER Flexible set of principles
What is JP 3-14? (2) - ANSWER -Joint Space Operations
- Provides 5 Space Mission Areas
What is FM 3-14? (2) - ANSWER - Space ISO Army Operations
- Establishes guidance for employing space capabilities to support ULO dominance
What are some of the major civil space organizations? (5) - ANSWER -DOI (Dept of
Interior)
-NASA
-DOC (Dept of Commerce)
-DOT (Dept of Transportation)
LATEST UPDATE CORRECT 100%
What report Directed the creation of a Space Cadre? - ANSWER Space Commission
Report
Why does the Army maintain an Army Space Cadre? (3) - ANSWER DoD Directive
Fulfill Congressional Mandate
Efficacies for Army
What are the 5 Main Mission Areas? (5) - ANSWER SSA- Space Situation Awareness
BMC2- Battle Management Command and Control
Space Control
Space Support for Operations
Space Service and Support
What are the different Army Space units? (6) - ANSWER 1st Space BDE
- 1st Space BN
-2nd Space BN
-53rd Signal BN
-117th Reserve Space BN
-100th Missile Defense
What is the SMDC Operations Center?
Where is it Located at? - ANSWER -SMDC is the focal point for all command's
operational mission requirements / Provides SA
-Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Which three combatant command commanders have global responsibility? (3) -
ANSWER -TRANSCOM
-SOCOM
-STRATCOM
What are the 6 USSTRATCOM mission areas? (6) - ANSWER -GLOBAL STRIKE
-CYBER SPACE OPERATIONS
-SPACE OPERATIONS
-IMD-INTERGRATED MISSLE DEFENSE
-WMD- WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
-ISR- ELECTRONIC WARFARE
Which JFCC is responsible for Space? - ANSWER JFCC Space
What is the name of the Space Ops center?
,What is the Primary function?
Where is it located? - ANSWER JSpOC
Catalogs all space material/ Global Theater Missile Defense
Located in Vanderberg, CA
The Commander of the SMDC is also the Commander of what JFCC? - ANSWER IMD
(LTC Dickinson)
What is the role of the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Commander as the Army Service
Component Commander to USSTRATCOM? - ANSWER Force Provider
What are the USASMDC/ ARSTRAT three lines of effort and what is their function? (3) -
ANSWER 1- Operations (today)- Provides ready and trained s/m defense forces to
warfighters and nation
2- Capability Development (tomorrow) Provides s/m defense with concepts, doctrine
and techniques
3- Material Development (day after tomorrow) Provides research and developments to
s/m defense cyber, directed energy and related technology
Where is the USASMDC/ ARSTRAT's operational hub located? - ANSWER Peterson
AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
What were the primary contributions of Dr. Robert Goddard (3) - ANSWER -Provided
the Mathematics theories for rocket propulsion.
-Developed gyroscope control, vanes, gimball steering, and fuel pumps for rocket fuel
- Proved that rockets can work in a vacuum
How did the German V2 program contribute to U.S Space development? (3) - ANSWER
-Wiener Von Braun defected to the US
- Helped with development of the Jupiter-C Satellite
-Helped launch the Explorer 1
Describe early U.S. Surveillance programs prior to the launch of our first imagery
satellite? Why did the US develop space-based ISR? (3) - ANSWER -U2 Dragonlady-
High Altitude Surveillance Aricraft
-Progect Genetrix- high Altitude Balloon
-They avoided Over flight issues
Who was the first nation to launch a satellite in space? - ANSWER USSR (Soviet
Union) with Spudnik (1957)
Identify the primary goals of the following space programs
Mercury:
Gemini:
Apollo: - ANSWER Mercury- See the effects of space on humans / gather more
knowledge
, Gemini- Rendezvous and docking & develop skills to go to the moon
Apollo- To land man on moon and bring back to earth
When did the US launch a satellite into space? Who did it? What was it? (3) - ANSWER
-Jan 1958
-US Army
-Explorer 1 with Jupiter-C Satellite
When did the US land a man on the moon? - ANSWER 1969
What was the tracking significance of bouncing radio signals off the moon? (2) -
ANSWER Track satellite/ ICBMs
Communication in Space
How does inclination relate to satellite's ground trace? (2) - ANSWER -Identifies what
Maximum Latitudes are covered on the ground.
- N/S are always going to be the same Latitude line
Describe the Key provisions of the 1967Outer Space Treaty (4) - ANSWER -Equitable
Access
-Used by all
-No claims ofsovernity
- No Nuclear and WMD weapons allowed
Is there an agreement delineating the boundary at which airspace ends and out space
begins? - ANSWER NO
Which document states our right to an "Anticipatory or Preemptive" first strike if we feel
our space systems are being threatened? - ANSWER US National Space Policy
What is our preferred approach to space control outlined in DoD Space Control Policy?
- ANSWER Tactical Denial
What is doctrine? - ANSWER Flexible set of principles
What is JP 3-14? (2) - ANSWER -Joint Space Operations
- Provides 5 Space Mission Areas
What is FM 3-14? (2) - ANSWER - Space ISO Army Operations
- Establishes guidance for employing space capabilities to support ULO dominance
What are some of the major civil space organizations? (5) - ANSWER -DOI (Dept of
Interior)
-NASA
-DOC (Dept of Commerce)
-DOT (Dept of Transportation)
