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100 Cards in this Set
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"According to the Space Commission, who has the authority to set national space policy?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
President.
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"According to the Space Commission, on who/what must the US invest resources in to remain the world's leader in space?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
People.
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"Who is designated as the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
Under Secretary of the Air Force.
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"Who is designated as the Space Professional Functional Authority?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
Air Force Space Command commander.
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"What agency is responsible for the entire spectrum of the Space Professional Development Program?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
Space Professional Management Office.
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"What agency is responsible for developing a new national positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) architecture?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
National Security Space Office.
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"What agency is responsible for a course that is designed to provide ""depth of knowledge"" in the areas of missile warning and missile defense?
(201-The National Security Space Program)" |
National Security Space Institute.
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"Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
(202-The evolution of the National Security Space Program)" |
John H. Glenn.
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"Who was the first American astronaut to step on the moon?
(202-The evolution of the National Security Space Program)" |
Neil A. Armstrong.
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"What squadron helped NASA's final determination of the sequence of events leading up to the Columbia tragedy?
(202-The evolution of the National Security Space Program)" |
1st Space Control Squadron.
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"Which agreement/treaty states that celestial bodies should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes?
(203-The foundation of Military Space Operations)" |
Moon agreement.
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"Which system was the United States' first navigational satellite system?
(203-The foundation of Military Space Operations)" |
TRANSIT.
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"What service is designated as the DOD Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) for all DOD space major defense acquisition programs?
(204-The National Security Space acquisition framework)" |
Air Force.
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"What type of program is estimated to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) of more than $140 million, or to have a total procurement cost of more than $660 million?
(204-The National Security Space acquisition framework)" |
Major space program.
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"Under what organization does the Space and Missile Center fall?
(204-The National Security Space acquisition framework)" |
Air Force Space Command.
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"Which contractor provides expert guidance and advice on program management reviews?
(204-The National Security Space acquisition framework)" |
System engineering & technical assistance.
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"When acquiring space systems, which model/system is used to identify existing capability gaps or future shortcomings and describe the attributes of effective solutions?
(205-The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS))" |
Joint capabilities integration and development system.
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"When developing AFSPC's shared goals in the national military strategy, which process/system is used by AFSPC to identify gaps in its own capabilities?
(205-The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS))" |
Integrated planning process.
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"When prioritizing future technology, which document is used by AFSPC as the first document, and annotates identified gaps requiring material solutions?
(205-The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS))" |
Initial Capabilities Document.
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"When prioritizing future technology, which document sets thresholds and objectives for system attributes against which the delivered capability will be measured?
(205-The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS))" |
Capabilities Development Document.
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"Which body is a group of Generals (and their support staff) from each of the services who consider and prioritize all major acquisition programs?
(205-The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS))" |
Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
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"Which item is not a focus of the Planning Phase?
(206-The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process)" |
Set goals and revise only once during the process.
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"Which document reflects the directives from the Secretary of Defense to the Services on issues raised during Program Objective Review?
(206-The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process)" |
Program Decision Memorandum.
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"What is the primary document used by the services and defense agencies to submit budget estimates?
(206-The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process)" |
Budget Estimate Submission.
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"According to what law must funds only be used for the purposes and program for which the appropriation was made?
(207-The purposes of money)" |
Misappropriation Act.
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"Which is the maximum amount (percentage wise) of money that can be transferred between program elements?
(207-The purposes of money)" |
20%.
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"The Small Quantity System Model is not used to procure which program?
(208-NSS 03-01 acquisition models)" |
User equipment.
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"In which evolutionary acquisition process is the desired capability identified, but the end-state requirements are not known at program initiation?
(208-NSS 03-01 acquisition models)" |
Spiral development.
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"In which evolutionary acquisition process is the desired capability identified, an end-state requirement is known, and that requirement is met over time?
(208-NSS 03-01 acquisition models)" |
Incremental development.
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"Which phase of the small quantity system model conducts system-level fabrication, integration, testing, and deployment activities and provide operations support for a space system?
(208-NSS 03-01 acquisition models)" |
Phase D, Build & Operations Phase.
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"What is defined as the purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise obtaining supplies or services from nonfederal sources?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Contracting.
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"Which of the following is not a component of a contract?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Obligates the seller to buyback from the buyer.
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"What type of contract is used to accomplish basic and specialized research in support of space programs?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Research and Development.
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"What term is used for a contracting officer who, by special appointment, has the ability to contractually bind (obligate) the United States government?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Warranted.
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"What term is used when a contracting officer ""rectifies"" a situation where the government incurs a commitment due to unauthorized government direction to a contractor?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Ratification.
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"What conflict of interest is violated if an AF employee has any significant financial interest in a company that is doing business with the DOD?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Financial interest.
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"Which process is used to evaluate the proposals and awards contracts?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Source Selection.
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"What refers to a task outside the scope of the Statement of Work?
(209-Legal standards and contractors)" |
Unauthorized tasking.
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"Which process makes sure the right things are at the right place at the right time to sustain a system?
(210-Logistics)" |
Logistics.
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"Which logistical support element is recorded information regardless of form or character (such as manuals and drawings) of a scientific nature?
(210-Logistics)" |
Technical data.
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"Which logistical support element involves maintenance performed on end item equipment (such as an aircraft or ground stations)?
(210-Logistics)" |
Maintenance planning.
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"Which logistical support element includes the identification and acquisition of personnel with the skills and grades required to operate and support a system over its lifetime?
(210-Logistics)" |
Manpower and personnel.
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"Which Integrated Process Team procedures for success allows members to feel that their contributions are important to the process and are well considered?
(211-The Integrated Process Team (IPT))" |
Sense of ownership.
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"Which Integrated Process Team procedures for success allows for consistent team participation by people with institutional knowledge of the functional areas?
(211-The Integrated Process Team (IPT))" |
Dedicated/committed proactive participation.
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"Which conic section has an eccentricity of greater than zero but less than one?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Ellipse.
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"Which conic section has an eccentricity of one?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Parabola.
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"Which conic section has an eccentricity of greater than one?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Hyperbola.
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"Which ellipse parameter is the gravitational center of the body about which the satellite orbits?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Occupied/primary focus.
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"Which ellipse parameter is a point on the ellipse where the satellite is the farthest to the occupied focus?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Apogee.
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"Who was the first person to use the word 'satellite' and developed three laws of planetary motion?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Johannes Kepler.
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"Identify Keplerian law; the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at one focus.
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Law of ellipses.
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"Identify Keplerian law; the squares of the sidereal periods of the planets are in direct proportion to the cubes of the semi-major axes of their orbits.
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Law of periods.
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"Who was the person that invented calculus and developed the laws of motion?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Sir Isaac Newton.
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"Identify Newtonian law; for every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it.
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Newton's first law of motion.
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"Identify Newtonian law; a body acted upon by a constant force will move with a constant acceleration in the direction of the force.
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Newton's second law of motion.
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"What is a measure of how much matter is contained in an object?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
Mass.
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"What is the Earth's escape velocity?
(212-The laws of orbital mechanics)" |
25,022 mph.
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"Which parameter describes the size and shape of an orbit?
(213-The characteristics of satellite orbits)" |
Semi-major axis and eccentricity.
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"What parameter is an angular measurement made at the ascending node from the equatorial plane to the orbital plane in a counterclockwise direction?
(213-The characteristics of satellite orbits)" |
Inclination.
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"What parameter orients the satellite orbit within the orbital plane?
(213-The characteristics of satellite orbits)" |
Argument of perigee.
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"What parameter is an angular measurement from the point of perigee to the satellite, assuming its velocity is a constant speed?
(213-The characteristics of satellite orbits)" |
Mean anomaly.
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"What is simply the amount of time it takes the satellite to go from a particular point in its orbit back to that same point?
(213-The characteristics of satellite orbits)" |
Period.
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"What determines the point on the Earth's surface where a ground trace starts?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Injection point.
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"What is defined as the time it takes the Earth to make one complete rotation about its axis with respect to the Sun?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Sidereal day.
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"What type of orbit has a period of 88 minutes to 224 minutes?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Near-Earth orbit.
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"What type of orbit has a period greater than or equal to 225 minutes?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Deep space orbit.
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"What type of orbit is restricted to the first 80 to 372 miles of space?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Low-Earth orbit.
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"What type of orbit has an average altitude of 12,500 miles?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Semi-synchronous orbit.
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"What type of orbit has an eccentricity equal to or greater than 0.5?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Highly elliptical orbit.
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"What type of orbit is useful for missions that use some form of optical sensor, requiring uniform illumination?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Sun-synchronous orbit.
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"What types of orbit has an inclination of either 0° or 180°?
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
Equatorial orbit.
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"A satellite's ground track with nodal regression successively tracks
(214-Orbits and their ground tracks)" |
westward.
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"What fundamental component of a coordinate system is the central point from which all other locations are measured?
(215-Coordinate systems)" |
Origin.
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"Which coordinate system is used to locate a tracking station on the surface of the Earth?
(215-Coordinate systems)" |
Geographic.
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"Which coordinate system is used to locate an Earth-orbiting satellite within its orbital path?
(215-Coordinate systems)" |
Orbit.
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"What type of maneuver only alters the size or shape of an orbit?
(216-In-plane maneuvers)" |
In-plane maneuver.
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"What is always common to the pre-thrust and post-thrust orbits?
(216-In-plane maneuvers)" |
Thrust point.
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"What is the disadvantage of the Hohmann transfer?
(216-In-plane maneuvers)" |
It is the slowest maneuver.
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"What is the disadvantage of the fast transfer?
(216-In-plane maneuvers)" |
It uses 50 percent more fuel than the Hohmann transfer.
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"What type of maneuver has an in-plane and an out-of-plane component?
(217-Out-of-plane maneuvers are accomplished)" |
Combined.
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"For a combined maneuver, in which direction do the ascending and descending nodes move when a north thrust is applied?
(217-Out-of-plane maneuvers are accomplished)" |
East.
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"When a satellite is traveling generally in a south direction and a north thrust is applied, the inclination
(217-Out-of-plane maneuvers are accomplished)" |
decreases.
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"What altitude is used by the Air Force and NASA to award astronaut wings?
(218-The ""theater of operations"" of space)" |
50 miles.
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"What altitude is used by aeronautical engineers as the beginning of space?
(218-The ""theater of operations"" of space)" |
62 miles.
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"What altitude is used by Space Operations as the beginning of space?
(218-The ""theater of operations"" of space)" |
80 miles.
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"What is the biggest problem for the moving parts of a satellite?
(219-Hazards affecting spacecraft operations)" |
Lack of proper lubrication.
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"What element in the upper atmosphere is extremely reactive and corrodes most materials rapidly?
(219-Hazards affecting spacecraft operations)" |
Atomic oxygen.
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"What causes the North and South Pole to move?
(219-Hazards affecting spacecraft operations)" |
The rotation of the Earth's core.
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"What type of spacecraft charging is potentially hazardous to the satellite's internal electronic systems?
(219-Hazards affecting spacecraft operations)" |
Bulk.
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"Which is a space object that survives reentry and hits the Earth?
(219-Hazards affecting spacecraft operations)" |
Meteorite.
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"What are the forces acting on a satellite, other than the central gravitational force of the Earth, called?
(220-Other effects of the space environment)" |
Perturbations.
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"What type of satellites experience two eclipse seasons of about 44 days?
(220-Other effects of the space environment)" |
Geosynchronous.
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"Where does a satellite remain in the total shadow of an eclipse?
(220-Other effects of the space environment)" |
Umbra.
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"Which of the following is not a layer of the atmospheric shell?
(221-The atmosphere)" |
Cumulusphere.
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"Which atmospheric layers contain 99 percent of air?
(221-The atmosphere)" |
Stratosphere and Troposphere.
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"Which atmospheric layers are called the middle atmosphere?
(221-The atmosphere)" |
Stratosphere and Mesosphere.
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"Which atmospheric layer is called the upper atmosphere?
(221-The atmosphere)" |
Thermosphere.
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"What Air Force panel determines whether or not the enlisted astronaut nominees meet NASA physical standards?
(222-The enlisted astronaut program)" |
Medical screening panel.
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"Which is not a qualification requirement for the enlisted astronaut program?
(222-The enlisted astronaut program)" |
One year of degree-related professional experience.
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"Which type of educational degree is not acceptable for the enlisted astronaut program?
(222-The enlisted astronaut program)" |
Technology and management degree.
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