CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Study Guide
Flashcards 2025 – Complete Review Set REAL
EXAM!!!
What is a satellite - -ANSWER- ✔---natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
What is an orbit - -ANSWER- ✔---the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
What is an apogee - -ANSWER- ✔---the highest point of an orbit
What is a perigee - -ANSWER- ✔---the lowest point of an orbit
What is COMSTAT - -ANSWER- ✔---communications satellites
What is INTELSAT - -ANSWER- ✔---International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
What is NAVSTAR - -ANSWER- ✔---navigation satellites
What is LANDSAT - -ANSWER- ✔---satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on
the Earth's surface
, What is GOES - -ANSWER- ✔---Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites
Who was Johannes Kepler - -ANSWER- ✔---discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the 1600's
What is Kepler's First Law - -ANSWER- ✔---the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at the
focus
What was the Mercury mission - -ANSWER- ✔---US' first manned spaceflight project
What was Gemini - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in
space and the first two-man capsule
What was Apollo - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon
What was Skylab - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into space;
first US space station
What was Apollo-Soyuz - -ANSWER- ✔---Manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet
spacecraft in space
What was the Space Shuttle - -ANSWER- ✔---US' Space Tr-answer-portation System (STS) for tr-
answer-porting into space and returning to Earth
Who was Neil Armstrong - -ANSWER- ✔---First man to set foot on the moon
What is Telstar - -ANSWER- ✔---first commercial satellite
What is Space Station Alpha - -ANSWER- ✔---future space station, a joint venture with US, Europe,
Canada, Japan, and Russia
Flashcards 2025 – Complete Review Set REAL
EXAM!!!
What is a satellite - -ANSWER- ✔---natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
What is an orbit - -ANSWER- ✔---the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
What is an apogee - -ANSWER- ✔---the highest point of an orbit
What is a perigee - -ANSWER- ✔---the lowest point of an orbit
What is COMSTAT - -ANSWER- ✔---communications satellites
What is INTELSAT - -ANSWER- ✔---International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
What is NAVSTAR - -ANSWER- ✔---navigation satellites
What is LANDSAT - -ANSWER- ✔---satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on
the Earth's surface
, What is GOES - -ANSWER- ✔---Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites
Who was Johannes Kepler - -ANSWER- ✔---discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the 1600's
What is Kepler's First Law - -ANSWER- ✔---the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at the
focus
What was the Mercury mission - -ANSWER- ✔---US' first manned spaceflight project
What was Gemini - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in
space and the first two-man capsule
What was Apollo - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon
What was Skylab - -ANSWER- ✔---US' manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into space;
first US space station
What was Apollo-Soyuz - -ANSWER- ✔---Manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet
spacecraft in space
What was the Space Shuttle - -ANSWER- ✔---US' Space Tr-answer-portation System (STS) for tr-
answer-porting into space and returning to Earth
Who was Neil Armstrong - -ANSWER- ✔---First man to set foot on the moon
What is Telstar - -ANSWER- ✔---first commercial satellite
What is Space Station Alpha - -ANSWER- ✔---future space station, a joint venture with US, Europe,
Canada, Japan, and Russia
