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21 Cards in this Set
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Whose scientific law says each planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at the focus?
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Kepler
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Which sub-system of a satellite provides a boost to get the satellite in orbit?
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The propulsion system
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A natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth is called a _________.
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satellite
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The highest point of an orbit?
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apogee
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The lowest point of an orbit?
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perigee
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The first artificial satellite was the ______.
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Sputnik
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Whose theory placed the Sun at the center, and all the rest of the universe revolved around it?
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Copernicus
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the first US manned spaceflight project was called?
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Mercury
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The first US manned spaceflight that achieved the first walk in space and the first two-man capsule?
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Gemini
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The first US manned spaceflight that put a man on the Moon?
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Apollo
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Which project was involved in the American and Soviet linkup in space?
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Apollo-Soyuz
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Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
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Neil Armstrong
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The first commercial satellite was called ______.
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Telstar
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Russia's first space station?
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Salyut
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US' first space station?
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Skylab
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Russia's second generation space station is called?
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Mir
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The sub-systems of a satellite include the propulsion system, attitude control, the power system, thermal control and a command and ______ system.
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control
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Navigation satellites are called?
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NAVSTAR
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Communications satellites are called?
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COMSAT
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Satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface are called?
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LANDSAT
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What gives the orbit its shape?
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gravity
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