Preview (20 questions)
1 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Satellites travel at _________ miles per hour.


10,000

15,000

18,000

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In a given day, satellites can travel the entire circumference of the Earth about how many times?


14

20

25

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

There are over 2,500 satellites in orbit around the Earth.


True

False

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Who first proved that orbits existed centuries before humans could actually deliver objects into orbit?


Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

Thomas Edison

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The first artificial satellite was launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union, called the _________.


Sputnik 1

Cartosat-2

Microsat

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In which year, two communications satellites, from the US and Russia got collided?


2000

2005

2009

7 Question
30 seconds
Q.

___________ has four satellites around the world at any given moment, ready to take instant pictures of world events.


Maxar

DigitalGlobe

NearMap

8 Question
30 seconds
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_____________ satellites orbit the equator at the speed of the Earth’s rotation so seem not to move.


Geostationary

Drone 

Ground

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Satellites used for observing distant planets and galaxies are called ___________ satellites.


Remote Sensing

Navigation

Astronomical

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Satellites designed to carry living organisms for scientific experiments are called __________.


Global Positioning System

Biosatellites

Geocentric Orbit

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Which is the largest artificial satellite currently orbiting Earth?


The International Space Station

Earth Observation Satellites

Series Satellite

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

This satellite was about the size of a beach ball and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth.


GSAT-6A

Astrosat

Sputnik 1

13 Question
30 seconds
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Satellites typically have a mission length of about how many years?


2 to 3

3 to 4

6 to 7

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The speed a satellite must travel to stay in space is called its __________.


Orbital velocity

Satellite Mission

Speedometer

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Multiple satellites began to be built on single model platforms known as __________ as technology advanced.


Satellite traffic

Colloidal Satellite

Satellite buses

16 Question
30 seconds
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____________ is a commercial off-the-shelf software tool for satellite mission analysis, design, and operations that were first released in 1997.


FreeFlyer

PSD

STK

17 Question
30 seconds
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Satellites designed to destroy warheads and other space assets are called __________ satellites.


Destroyer

killer

Wareoff

18 Question
30 seconds
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Satellites that retrieve reconnaissance, biological, space-production, and other payloads from orbit to Earth are known as _________ satellites.


Geocentric

Drone

Recovery

19 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Which country intends to buy its own communications satellite for $200 million?


Myanmar

Bangladesh

India

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Earth observation satellites are satellites that are used for military purposes.


True

False