Chapter 1 Self Test

Question 0

(201) 2. What is the mission of 14th Air Force?

Answer 0

To organize, train, equip, provide command and control, and employ Air Force space forces to support operation plans and missions for US combatant commanders and their subordinate commands.

Question 1

(201) 1. What is the mission of AFSPC?

Answer 1

To provide resilient and cost-effective space and cyberspace capabilities for the joint force and the nation.

Question 2

(202) 1. What year, and from what base was the first polar orbiting satellite launched?

Answer 2

1959, Vandenberg AFB

Question 3

(202) 2. What does the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron specialize in?

Answer 3

The reuse of deactivated ICBMs for a variety of new missions including space and target launch.

Question 4

(202) 3. What do the 4th Space Launch Squadron’s launch vehicles provide?

Answer 4

The nation’s sole medium/heavy lift capability to polar orbit

Question 5

(202) 4. What do mission assurance technicians provide, using their experience from previous ICBM assignments?

Answer 5

Provide technical oversight on contractor launch processing activities

Question 6

(202) 5. Before being transferred to Air Force Space Command, who had space launch responsibility for the Air Force?

Answer 6

Air Force Systems Command

Question 7

(202) 6. What trajectories can Cape Canaveral AFS launch payloads into?

Answer 7

circular, elliptical, equatorial, or deep space trajectories

Question 8

(202) 7. What complexes and launch vehicles is the 5th Space Launch Squadron responsible for?

Answer 8

Delta IV from Launch Complex 37 and Atlas V from Launch Complex 41

Question 9

(202) 8. What does the 45th Launch Support Squadron oversee?

Answer 9

Spacecraft launch operations training and certification of engineers, operators, and maintenance personnel.

Question 10

(203) 1. What are the major assemblies of the Atlas V launch vehicle?

Answer 10

The common core booster (CCB), centaur upper stage, and payload fairing

Question 11

(203) 2. What components are in the Common Core Booster’s engine?

Answer 11

A hot gas generator, main turbopump assembly and a single turbine

Question 12

(203) 3. What are the structural elements of the Centaur upper stage?

Answer 12

The propellant tank, forward adapter, and interstage adapter

Question 13

(203) 4. What contains enclosures that have retractable launch vehicle servicing and checkout platforms?

Answer 13

Mobile Service Tower (MST)

Question 14

(203) 5. What is the platform on which the Atlas V launch vehicle is assembled, tested, and launched?

Answer 14

Launch Support Building (LSB)

Question 15

(203) 6. What supports the launch vehicle during fueling and final preparation for launch?

Answer 15

Fixed Launch Platform (FLP)

Question 16

(204) 1. What is contained in the Common booster propellant tanks?

Answer 16

Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen

Question 17

(204) 2. What powers the Delta IV second stage?

Answer 17

A Pratt & Whitney RL-10B2 engine

Question 18

(204) 3. What are the two varieties of Delta IV payload fairings?

Answer 18

A stretched 4 meter payload fairing and an enlarged 5 meter payload fairing.

Question 19

(204) 4. When is the mobile service tower rolled away from the Delta IV?

Answer 19

Several hours before launch

Question 20

(204) 5. At Vandenberg’s SLC-6, what completely encloses the launch vehicle within the fixed umbilical tower and mobile service tower?

Answer 20

The mobile assembly shelter (MAS)

Question 21

(204) 6. What supports the launch vehicle on the pad?

Answer 21

The launch table

Question 22

(204) 7. Where are the Delta IV Common booster cores and second stages mated and tested before being moved to the launch pad?

Answer 22

Horizontal integration facility (HIF)

Question 23

(205) 2. What are the sources of power used on satellites?

Answer 23

Solar, battery, and nuclear

Question 24

(205) 3. How does thermal insulation provide thermal control to a spacecraft?

Answer 24

Minimizes the heat loss or gain in a space environment

Question 25

(205) 4. What chemical fluid is usually used to transport heat energy from internal equipment to a radiator surface?

Answer 25

Methanol or ammonia

Question 26

(205) 5. What are the types of electrical propulsion systems?

Answer 26

Electro-thermal, electrostatic, and electromagnetic

Question 27

(205) 6. What is stationkeeping?

Answer 27

Overcoming the motion of the satellite from atmospheric drag, gravity, and solar winds.

Question 28

(205) 7. What two sources of information come with telemetry data?

Answer 28

Information on the mission of the satellite and information on the general health of the satellite.

Question 29

(206) 2. Who does the AFOTEC report to?

Answer 29

HQ USAF

Question 30

(206) 3. What is AFOTEC’s mission?

Answer 30

To test and evaluate new war-fighting capabilities

Question 31

(206) 4. What are operational tests conducted by AFOTEC designed to address?

Answer 31

Critical issues regarding a system’s performance in combat-like environments when operated by field personnel.