Army Space Cadre Course, Exam 1 Questions and Answers
What report directed the creation of a space cadre? - ANSWER-Space Commission Report (2001)
Why does the Army maintain an Army space cadre? - ANSWER--Fulfill congressional mandate
-DoD directive
-Provides efficiency for the Army
Who is eligible to be part of the space cadre? - ANSWER-DoD soldiers and civilians
What are the five Space Mission Areas? - ANSWER-1) Position, navigation, and timing (PNT)
2) SATCOM
3) Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR)
4) Missile Warning 5) Environmental monitoring
List the different operational Army space battalions that contain space cadre. - ANSWER--1st Space Battalion (Active, operational)
-2nd Space Battalion (Reserves)
-117th Space Battalion (National Guard)
-53rd Signal Battalion (SATCON, payload)
100th Ground-Base Missile Defense (Operational)
-49th missile defense battalion
How are satellites traveling around the earth? - ANSWER-Falling around the earth due to gravity
What are the takeaway's from Kepler's three laws? - ANSWER-1st (Law of Orbits): distance from foci to point on ellipse is constant What is the SMDC Operations Center? Where is it? - ANSWER-Provide situational awareness using global and regional communication resources, Serves as the focal point for all of the command's operational mission requirements.
Bldg. 3, Peterson AFB Which four combatants command commanders have global responsibility? - ANSWER--
SOCOM: Special Operational Command -STRATCOM: Strategic Command -TRANSCOM: Transportation Command -CYBERCOM: Cyber Command
GEO sub-categories - ANSWER-Geosynchronous: -24 hour period
-any inclination
-non-circular orbit
Geostationary:
-inclination near 0
-24 hour period
-circular eccentricity near 0
Missions of GEO - ANSWER--SATCOM
-Missile Warning
HEO description - ANSWER-Obit type: Elliptical
Perigee: 200 mi
Apogee: 24,000 mi
12 hour period
Missions of HEO - ANSWER--high latitude communication (MILSAT)
-missile warning
What are the seven USSTRATCOM mission areas? - ANSWER--Space Operations
-Nuclear Operations
-Analysis and Targeting
-Joint Electronic Warfare
-Global Strike
-Missile defense
-Strategic Deterrence
Which JFCC is responsible for space? - ANSWER-JFSCC
What is the name of JFCC Space Ops Center? What is the Primary function? Where is it located? - ANSWER--Combine Space Operation Center (CSpOC)
-Operations center for all things space
-Vandenberg AFB, CA
The commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command is also the Commander
of which JFCC? - ANSWER-JFCC-IMD
What report directed the creation of a space cadre? - ANSWER-Space Commission Report (2001)
Why does the Army maintain an Army space cadre? - ANSWER--Fulfill congressional mandate
-DoD directive
-Provides efficiency for the Army
Who is eligible to be part of the space cadre? - ANSWER-DoD soldiers and civilians
What are the five Space Mission Areas? - ANSWER-1) Position, navigation, and timing (PNT)
2) SATCOM
3) Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR)
4) Missile Warning 5) Environmental monitoring
List the different operational Army space battalions that contain space cadre. - ANSWER--1st Space Battalion (Active, operational)
-2nd Space Battalion (Reserves)
-117th Space Battalion (National Guard)
-53rd Signal Battalion (SATCON, payload)
100th Ground-Base Missile Defense (Operational)
-49th missile defense battalion
How are satellites traveling around the earth? - ANSWER-Falling around the earth due to gravity
What are the takeaway's from Kepler's three laws? - ANSWER-1st (Law of Orbits): distance from foci to point on ellipse is constant What is the SMDC Operations Center? Where is it? - ANSWER-Provide situational awareness using global and regional communication resources, Serves as the focal point for all of the command's operational mission requirements.
Bldg. 3, Peterson AFB Which four combatants command commanders have global responsibility? - ANSWER--
SOCOM: Special Operational Command -STRATCOM: Strategic Command -TRANSCOM: Transportation Command -CYBERCOM: Cyber Command
GEO sub-categories - ANSWER-Geosynchronous: -24 hour period
-any inclination
-non-circular orbit
Geostationary:
-inclination near 0
-24 hour period
-circular eccentricity near 0
Missions of GEO - ANSWER--SATCOM
-Missile Warning
HEO description - ANSWER-Obit type: Elliptical
Perigee: 200 mi
Apogee: 24,000 mi
12 hour period
Missions of HEO - ANSWER--high latitude communication (MILSAT)
-missile warning
What are the seven USSTRATCOM mission areas? - ANSWER--Space Operations
-Nuclear Operations
-Analysis and Targeting
-Joint Electronic Warfare
-Global Strike
-Missile defense
-Strategic Deterrence
Which JFCC is responsible for space? - ANSWER-JFSCC
What is the name of JFCC Space Ops Center? What is the Primary function? Where is it located? - ANSWER--Combine Space Operation Center (CSpOC)
-Operations center for all things space
-Vandenberg AFB, CA
The commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command is also the Commander
of which JFCC? - ANSWER-JFCC-IMD
