Civil Air Patrol -Billy Mitchell Award Aerospace Exam (Latest 2025)
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satellite - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ natural or artificial object in space that orbits
the Earth
orbit - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the highest point of an orbit
perigee - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the lowest point of an orbit
Sputnik - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the first artificial satellite
COMSTAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ communications satellites
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,INTELSAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization
NAVSTAR - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ navigation satellites
LANDSAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ satellites that locate natural resources and
monitor conditions on the Earth's surface
GOES - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Geostationary Operations Environmental
Satellites
Johannes Kepler - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ discovered satellites orbiting around
Jupiter in the 1600's
Kepler's First Law - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the orbit of each planet is an ellipse,
with the Sun at the focus
Mercury - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' first manned spaceflight project
Gemini - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the
first walk in space and the first two-man capsule
Apollo - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that put man on
the Moon
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,Skylab - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that put a
laboratory into space; first US space station
Apollo-Soyuz - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Manned spaceflight project linking
American and Soviet spacecraft in space
Space Shuttle - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' Space Transportation System (STS)
for transporting into space and returning to Earth
Neil Armstrong - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ First man to set foot on the moon
Telstar - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ first commercial satellite
Space Station Alpha - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ future space station, a joint venture
with US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia
Mir - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's
Salyut - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Russia's first space station
Spacelab - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ European Space Agency's first space station
black hole - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ a region in space where no radiation is emitted
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, cislunar space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the space between the earth and the moon
constellation - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ a grouping of stars, named after mythical
figures and animals
galaxy - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ an enormous collection of stars arranged in a
particular shape
interplanetary space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ measured from the center of the sun
to the orbit of its outermost planet
interstellar space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the distance from one solar system to
another
microgravity - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ small gravity levels or low gravity
nebulae - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ giant could of dust and gas
pulsar - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic
emissions in a set pattern
space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ region beyond the earth's atmosphere where there
is very little molecular activity
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Questions with Revised Answers, (A+ Guarantee) LATEST UPDATE
satellite - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ natural or artificial object in space that orbits
the Earth
orbit - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the highest point of an orbit
perigee - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the lowest point of an orbit
Sputnik - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the first artificial satellite
COMSTAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ communications satellites
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,INTELSAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization
NAVSTAR - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ navigation satellites
LANDSAT - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ satellites that locate natural resources and
monitor conditions on the Earth's surface
GOES - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Geostationary Operations Environmental
Satellites
Johannes Kepler - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ discovered satellites orbiting around
Jupiter in the 1600's
Kepler's First Law - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the orbit of each planet is an ellipse,
with the Sun at the focus
Mercury - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' first manned spaceflight project
Gemini - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the
first walk in space and the first two-man capsule
Apollo - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that put man on
the Moon
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,Skylab - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' manned spaceflight project that put a
laboratory into space; first US space station
Apollo-Soyuz - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Manned spaceflight project linking
American and Soviet spacecraft in space
Space Shuttle - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ US' Space Transportation System (STS)
for transporting into space and returning to Earth
Neil Armstrong - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ First man to set foot on the moon
Telstar - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ first commercial satellite
Space Station Alpha - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ future space station, a joint venture
with US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia
Mir - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's
Salyut - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Russia's first space station
Spacelab - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ European Space Agency's first space station
black hole - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ a region in space where no radiation is emitted
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, cislunar space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the space between the earth and the moon
constellation - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ a grouping of stars, named after mythical
figures and animals
galaxy - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ an enormous collection of stars arranged in a
particular shape
interplanetary space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ measured from the center of the sun
to the orbit of its outermost planet
interstellar space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ the distance from one solar system to
another
microgravity - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ small gravity levels or low gravity
nebulae - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ giant could of dust and gas
pulsar - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic
emissions in a set pattern
space - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ region beyond the earth's atmosphere where there
is very little molecular activity
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