CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test
Questions & Answers (Q24–46) – 2025
Study Guide REAL EXAM!!!
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its
name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - -ANSWER- ✔---Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program? -
-ANSWER- ✔---Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - -ANSWER- ✔---Anything OTHER
THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - -ANSWER- ✔---A neutron star or black hole
Questions & Answers (Q24–46) – 2025
Study Guide REAL EXAM!!!
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its
name? - -ANSWER- ✔---1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - -ANSWER- ✔---Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program? -
-ANSWER- ✔---Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - -ANSWER- ✔---Anything OTHER
THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - -ANSWER- ✔---A neutron star or black hole
