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Name this organization: -Founded in 1915 -Dev'd advanced aircraft technology for WWII planes -Post WWII worked on supersonic flight -1949, Pres Truman established the Joint Long Range Proving Grounds at Cape Canaveral (later names Patrick AFB) to test missiles -During 1950s, focused research on missile development |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) |
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Name this organization: -Established in 1958 -Civilian agency with goal of regaining American lead in space race |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
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(Rocket Development) Name the project being described: -Tested captured V-2 rockets -Gave US scientists and engineers needed expertise and practices launching rockets -Later designed spun off from V-2 -Led to future development of American rocketry |
Project Bumper |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Embryo of the Army missile program -Surface-surface -Nuclear tipped -Liquid Fueled -First deployed to Europe in 1955, replaced by Seargent in 1963 |
Corporal Rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -First US high altitude test rocket -First US two stage rocket to demonstrate stage seperation |
WAC (Without Attitude Control) Corporal Rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) -Carried Monkeys Abe and Baker on suborbital test flights -Deployed to Italy and Turkey in 1961 |
Jupiter Rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Aluminum frame -Spun off of Project Hermes -First to attain altitude of 50mi -Took first color photos from space at 100mi -Led to vehicles used in testing project Vangaurd |
Viking Rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Designed by NRL (naval research lab) -First attempt by the US to launch a satellite; lifted four feet then fell back and exploded on the pad -Third attempt March 17, 1958 launched satellite into orbit |
Vanguard rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Surface-surface short range ballistic missile (SRBM) -Dev'd under Wernher von Braun -In service 1958-1964 -Later used in Mercury-Redstone project (Alan Sheppard and Gus Grissom launched into space) |
Redstone Rockets |
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(Rocket Development) Name the rockets being described: -Launched first US satellite, Explorer I -Dev'd by Wernher von Braun -Six launches; three successful |
Juno 1 rockets |
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(ICBM Development) Name the ICBM being described: -Dev'd as quick solution, interim nuclear deterrent -Placed in Europe from 1959-1963 -Used successfully as a SLV after removal from Europe -Agena upper stage (launched Corona satellites into space) -Spawned all future Delta SLVs |
Thor IRBM |
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(ICBM Development) Name the ICBM being described: -First ICBM October 31, 1959 -First three deployed to VAFB, CA -129 on peak alert; including 12 at Plattsburg, NY -Retired as ICBM in 1965 -Launched SCORE (signal communications by orbiting relay equipment) |
Atlas |
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(ICBM Development) Name the ICBM being described: -US first multi-stage ICBM -Same payload capacity as Atlas -First in underground silos -In service 1961-1964 -Never used as SLV |
Titan I |
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(ICBM Development) Name the ICBM being described: -First ICBM with storable fuel -Reduced launch time from 15min to 60sec -Later used as medium lift SLV -In service until 1978 Little Rock AFB |
Titan II |
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(SLV Development) Name the SLV being described: -12 used for NASA Gemini mission -Final SLV launched from VAFB, CA in 2003 -Evolved into III and IV |
Titan II as a SLV |
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(ICBM Development) Name the ICBM being described: -First solid fuel ICBM; three stages -Evolved into III; only US ICBM in service today |
Minuteman |
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Name the rocket being described: -Largest rocket ever developed by the US -Dev'd by Wernher von Braun -Used for the Apollo mission and Skylab I -Lift 240Klbs into space or 90Klbs to moon |
Saturn V Moon Rocket |
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Name the system being described: -Also called the Space Shuttle -Reusable design to be launched by expendable rockets, then return by gliding to earth and landing on runway -Dev'd to launch NASA satellites and military payloads -Intended to replace all conventional lift vehicles for DoD -First launched in April 1981 -Challenger disaster led to use of Delta II and Titan IV |
Space Transportation System (STS) |
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Name the rocket being described: -Main mission to launch GPS satellites -Profram reinstated after Challenger disaster -Evolved from Thor IRBM and Vanguard 2nd & 3rd stages -First launched Feb 14, 1989 |
Delta II |
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Name the rocket being described: -Dev'd after Challenger disaster to launch heavy payloads |
Titan IV |
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Name the program being described: -Intended to improve US access to space by making SLVs more affordable and reliable -Reduce launch costs by 25% over heritage vehicles -Delta IV heavy, medium+, medium --> scalable -Atlas V medium lift only -United Launch Alliance (ULA) was formed as a joint venture by Boeing and Lockheed Martin in 2006 |
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (EELV) |
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Which rockets belong to Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC?) |
-Pegasus XL -Minotaur -Minotaur IV -Minotaur V -Taurus -Antares (Taurus II) |
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Which private company in contracted by NASA to carry cargo to the International Space Station (ISS)? |
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) |
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Which satellite is being described: -Proved presence of Van Allen radiation belts -First successful US satellite into space |
Explorer 1 |
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Which satellite is being described: -Oldest manmade object in space today -Launched into orbit 17 March 1958, mission ended in 1964 |
Vanguard 1 |
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What spacecraft had a series of unmanned missions designed for planetary exploration? -Numbers 10 & 11 were the only 2 of the series to depart our solar system to explore Saturn, Jupiter, asteroid belt, and intersteller medium |
Pioneer |
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What spacecraft program conducted by NASA in conjunction with JPL launched a series of robotic interplanetary probes designed to investigate Mars, Venus, and Mercury btw 1962- 1973? |
Mariner |
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What program consisted of two different spacecraft to study the planetary systems of Jupiter and Saturn and be sent beyond the Solar System? |
Voyager |
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Launched in Oct 1989, this spacecraft analyzed Jupiter's atmosphere and moon system, and discovered a subsystem on Jupiter's moon Europa. The satellite was then intentionally burnt up in Jupiter's atmosphere in 2003 to eliminate any risk of contaminating the moon. |
Galileo |
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This telescope was launched into LEO in 1990. -It contained instruments to collect astronomical observations in near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra -Provides unique unimpeded view deep into the universe |
Hubble Space Telescope |
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Launched in 1998, this spacecraft had a two part mission: -A Saturn orbiter -An atmospheric probe for the moon Titan -It was the first successful landing in the outer solar system |
Cassini-Huygens |
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Launched in 2006 before Pluto was downgraded -Mission was to observe Pluto up close |
New Horizons |
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This is the future system to replace the Hubble Telescope, planned launch of 2018 -Will observe with infrared sensors rather than within the visible spectrum |
James Webb Space Telescope |
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(Communications Satellites) -World's first communications satellite in 1958 -Broadcast Eisenhower's pre-recorded Christmas message |
Project SCORE (Signal Communications Orbiting Relay Equipment) |
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(Communications Satellites) -100ft balloon wrapped in aluminum in 1960 -Passively reflected radio signals -Proved balloons to be impractical |
Echo |
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(Communications Satellites) -World's first commercially funded communications satellite -1962 |
Telstar |
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(Communications Satellites) -First comm satellite in a geosynchronous orbit -Transmitted broadcast of 1964 Olympics |
Syncom (Synchronous Communications Satellite) |
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(Communications Satellites) -First Soviet communications satellite in 1965 |
Molniya |
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(Communications Satellites) -Provided a way for nations to share costs -1965 - 1980 -12,000 voice circuits and t TV channels |
International Telecommunications Satellite (INTELSAT) |
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(Communications Satellites) -First Domestic Satellite, 1974 -Western Union Project |
Westar |
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(Communications Satellites) These satellite systems evolved into Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) |
-Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program (IDCSP) aka DSCS I -Defense Satellite Communications System II -DSCS III |
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(Communications Satellites) -Follow-on to DSCS -First launched in 2003 |
Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) |
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(Communications Satellites) This satellite network was run by the Navy and -Provided UHF communications to the Navy -Geosynchronous Orbit -Communications Unsecured |
Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM) |
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(Communications Satellites) This satellite network was run by the Navy and -Follow on to FLTSATCOM -Added encryption to communications payload -Added super high freq (SHF) and extremely high freq (EHF) -Additional payload of GBS |
UHF Follow On (UFO) |
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(Communications Satellites) -Designed to be survivable and provide secure SATCOM in the event of nuclear war -Hardened against nuclear, laser, radiation, and EA -Most secure SATCOM -Provides only low & medium data rates -1994-2003 |
Milstar |
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(Communications Satellites) -Follow-on to Milstar -Provides military SATCOM for armed forces of US, British, Canada, Netherlands -Has same low data & med data rates as Milstar as well as extreme data rate (XDR) payload -2011 |
Advanced Extremely High Frequency |
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(Navigation Satellites - PNT) -Conceived by US Navy in 1958 to provide 2D positioning within .1nm accuracy -Reported long/lat but no heading or velocity |
Transit |
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(Navigation Satellites - PNT) -US Navy's follow on to Transfer & navigation programs -Provided 3D data: long/lat/alt -Added velocity and bearing -Turned over to USAF to be launched as Navigation Technology Satellite (NTS) satellites |
Timation |
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(Navigation Satellites - PNT) -Commonly known as GPS -GPS I, II, IIA, IIR, IIF |
NAVSTAR (Navigation Using Satellite Timing and Ranging) |
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(Navigation Satellites - PNT) -PNT satellite system dev'd by USSR during Cold War |
GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) |
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(Navigation Satellites - PNT) -Originally cooperative venture between the EU and the ESA -Inter-operable with GPS and GLONASS |
Galileo |
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(Environmental Satellites) -First US weather satellite -Approx. 42in in diameter, 22in high, and weighed 283lbs |
TIROS (Television Infrared Operational Satellite) |
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(Environmental Satellites) -DoD weather satellite from 1965 - present -Originally launched to spt Corona program |
DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) |
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(Environmental Satellites) -Designed for long term global observation of land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans -launched in 1997 -remains actively used for mainly civil purposes |
EOS (Earth Observation System) |
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(ISR Satellites) -First signals intelligence satellite |
GRAB/Poppy (Galactic Radiation and Background) |
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(ISR Satellites) -First reconnaissance satellites -declassified in 1992 -Key Hole (KH) designs |
Corona |
