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first US spy satellite was the
Corona
Airforce project ____ was to put a bas eon the moon
lunex
large rocket booster were made for _____
large nuclear weapons
first group of US spy sattelites were
CORONA
Soviets used _____ to power their naval survailence satellites
nuclear reactors
first electronic imaging satelites were named
SAMOS
elint:
electronic intelligence
what does elint satelites use?
signals not images
how do satelites detect missle launches
rockets heat plumes
first us satelites were launched in _____ or ____ orbits
higher inclination; polar
first satellites used
film canisters
first space nav system was the
navy transit system
current navigation system is NAVSTAR
Satellites Navstar GPS
Navstar is controlled by
DoD
russa detonated its firs atom bomb in
1949
Soyuz definition
used to carry russians to space station
first manned satelite
x 20 dyna solar
Soviet manned satelites
alzmaz
Russian GPS
Glonass
Salt Definition
Strategic arms limitation Treaty
kepplers 3 laws only apply to___body orbits.
two
kepplers 2nd law: planets sweep out ________ in ______________ in their orbits
equal areas; equal times
longest axis of a ellipse
major
the ____ is the shortest axis
minor
kepplers 3rd law: period of planetary orbit s____ is equal to semi major axis _____. orbital speed decreases with increasin distance form the sun.
squared; cubed; decreases
two most important measures of energy:
kinetic
potential
earth sun orbit is the ____________
plane of elliptric
if potential energy is > then orbit is
bound
inclination of a polar orbit:
90 degrees
a _____ orbit has a inclination of >90 degrees
retrograde
_____ are intersecting points
nodes
closest distance
perigee
furthest distance
apogee (away)
Hohmam transfer; spiral; direct
most efficent
hohmann transfer
gravity ___ was first used by_____ ___
assist; mariner 10
a ____ orbit is temporary
Parking
___ has shortest period and highest velocity orbit
mercury
orbital speed is not
constant
meteoroligist use _____ orbits
polar
earths equatorial plane
geocentric
synodic period
gordon cooper
made 2 orbital flights
Author
adamsg53
ID
176416
Card Set
aerospace test
Description
test #2
Updated
2012-10-09T03:47:15Z
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