Aerospace Module #6A
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- Whose scientific law says each planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at the focus?
- Kepler
- Which sub-system of a satellite provides a boost to get the satellite in orbit?
- The propulsion system
- A natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth is called a _________.
- satellite
- The highest point of an orbit?
- apogee
- The lowest point of an orbit?
- perigee
- The first artificial satellite was the ______.
- Sputnik
- Whose theory placed the Sun at the center, and all the rest of the universe revolved around it?
- Copernicus
- the first US manned spaceflight project was called?
- Mercury
- The first US manned spaceflight that achieved the first walk in space and the first two-man capsule?
- Gemini
- The first US manned spaceflight that put a man on the Moon?
- Apollo
- Which project was involved in the American and Soviet linkup in space?
- Apollo-Soyuz
- Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
- Neil Armstrong
- The first commercial satellite was called ______.
- Telstar
- Russia's first space station?
- Salyut
- US' first space station?
- Skylab
- Russia's second generation space station is called?
- Mir
- The sub-systems of a satellite include the propulsion system, attitude control, the power system, thermal control and a command and ______ system.
- control
- Navigation satellites are called?
- NAVSTAR
- Communications satellites are called?
- COMSAT
- Satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface are called?
- LANDSAT
- What gives the orbit its shape?
- gravity