ASCBC LAST TEST! Flashcards
Which Russian Communication satellites is/ are in a Molniya orbit (HEO)
Molniya: 12 hr; HEO; Provide Communications in high Northern Latitudes
Meridian: Designed to replace Molniya COMSTAT
China Command and Control:
Via Foreign ________ with other countries and ___ ____ ____ ____that augments TT&C
- Agreements
2. Space Event Support Ships
What are teh implications of China’s Quantum Communications Satellite on the future of SATCOM?
Provides ‘Unhackable’ communications
_______- ITSO provides Global Telecommunications Services, with more than 1/2 of all international telephone calls and almost all trans-oceanic TV broadcasts.
INTELSAT
__________ - International Maritime SAT: provides telephone, telex, data, and fax services primarily to shipping, but also aviation and land mobile users.
INMARSAT
_______-UAE-based Company; GEO Sats. providing mobile telephone services to over 140 countries
Thuraya
The increase in commercial ISR satellites means ____ _____ _____ are available to any nation.
multiple imagery resources
N. Koreas sats expertise is considered to be rudimentary, they have access to _____ and _____ platforms for _____ and _____.
- civil
- commercial
- ISR
- SATCOM
What are the benefits of Small Satellites/ Nanosats?
- Low Cost: enables affordable constellation, minimal personnel, technological refresh
- Survivability: fly above threats and crowded airspace, ratio is favorable
- Responsiveness: rapid design, deployment, tasked from theater, can adopt to threat
Describe a benefit of the Kestrel Eye Satellite?
Talkable ISR asset that fulfills a COCOM requirement w/ persistent ISR coverage, low cost, and has a short tasking to product lifecycle
Why is hypersonic weapon more of a concern then an ICBM
- Faster
- Maneuverable
- lower flight altitude eliminates the midcourse phase of flight
What is the main objective of SpaceX’s Starlink program?
Provide high speed internet access globally, especially in areas with limited to no internet access
What private satellite company can product .5m SAR resolution to customers?
Capella Space
Why is the industry moving from specially designed components and satellites to COTS components and constellations with large numbers of satellites?
COST, SURVIVABILITY, RESPONSIVENESS
Which commercial satellites corporation is the leader in maritime and aviation saftey?
INMARSAT
What country is responsible for launching the first space based “unhackable” quantum communications satellite?
China
Match the country/ agency with its PNT satellite constellation.
a. Designed to Augment GPS to reduce multi-pathing
b. Designed by the EU and primarily launched from Kourou, French Guiana
c. Constellation has 3 orbital planes and has 5G communications
d. Regional PNT constellation located in GEO-Sync and GEO-Stationary orbits
e. First Global PNT system after the GPS constellation
Which are Regional or Global?
- BeiDou
- Galileo
- GLONASS
- Quasi-Zenith
- NavIC
- BeiDou
- Galileo
- GLONASS
- Quasi-Zenith
- NavIC
- c : G
- b: G
- e: G
- a: R
- d: R
Besides MEO, what orbits are used by foreign PNT SATs?
What systems are in these orbites?
CHINA: GEO, IGEO: BEIDOU
INDIA: GEO, IGEO (geostationary): NavIC
JAPANA: TUNDRA (between geo and heo): Quasi-Zenith
China: Sat System: Coverage: Orbit: L5
BEIDOU: GLOBAL: MEO/ GEO: YES
EUROPE: Sat System: Coverage: Orbit: L5
GALILEO: GLOBAL: MEO: L5
INDIA: Sat System: Coverage: Orbit: L5
NavIC: REGIONAL: IGEO (geosat): L5
JAPAN: Sat System: Coverage: Orbit: L5
QUASI-Zenith: REGIONAL: TUNDRA: L5
RUSSIA: Sat System: Coverage: Orbit: L5
GLONASS: GLOBAL: MEO: NO
why would a country want to design their own PNT satellites when GPS is a free global service?
- Able to deny users on other constellations w/o interfering with their own
- support their specific needs
