DONE--SPS Flashcards
Mission Planning, Space Hazards
ME3C[PC]^2 - Objective
Mission
ME3C[PC]^2 - Where
Environment
ME3C[PC]^2 - Who
Enemy
ME3C[PC]^2 - What
Effects
ME3C[PC]^2 - How
Capabilities
ME3C[PC]^2 - Timeline
Phasing
ME3C[PC]^2 - Agreements
Contracts
ME3C[PC]^2 - Backup
Contingencies
Commander’s Acceptable Level of Risk (ALR) applies to?
Mission and Force
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace/Environment (IPOB/IPOE) establishes?
Threats and Targets
5 COA Brief Steps
- MPC summarizes results
- MPC develops COAs
- MPC creates COA Brief
- MPC presents COAs to CC
- CC chooses a COA or sends MPC back to step 2
International standard demarcation of space name and altitude?
Karman Line / 100 km above surface
US Government standards demarcation of space and altitude?
USSPACECOM domain / 100 km above mean sea level
Composition of the sun?
Hydrogen (mostly), Helium, and misc. gases
What solar structure generates the solar magnetic fields and stores magnetic flux?
Tachocline
Characterized by fewer sunspots, dimmer extreme ultraviolet and xray, and fewer solar events?
Solar minimum
A stream of charged particles released from the sun, causes auroras when trapped in the ionosphere and plasma tails on comets?
Solar wind
A sudden burst of high energy particles and radiation?
Solar flare
High energy particles emanating from the sun?
Solar energetic particles
Cloud of energetic, magnetized solar plasma? (EM)
Coronal Mass Ejections
Solar flares cause?
Radio blackouts
Solar Energized Particles cause?
Solar Radiation Storms
Coronal Mass Ejections cause?
Geomagnetic Storms
What are the bands of trapped solar charged particles encircling the Earth?
Van Allen Belts
Which Van Allen Belt is more stable and 10x more energetic?
Inner Van Allen Belt
What atmospheric layer consists of plasma (ionized gases)?
Ionosphere
What does the ionosphere cause?
Scintillation
What are variations in amplitude, phase, and polarization of signals called?
Scintillation
What does scintillation from the ionosphere cause?
Signal fading and data dropouts
What are the 3 environmental hazards in space?
- Space vacuum
- Spacecraft charging
- Atmospheric drag
What 3 problems does the space vacuum cause and what is the mitigation for each?
- Outgassing: bake in a vacuum
- Cold-welding: minimize moving parts
- Heat transfer: enable radiation
What 3 problems does spacecraft charging cause and what is the mitigation for all?
- Sputtering
- Single Event Upset (bitflip)
- Total Ionizing Dose
Mitigation: Hardening/Shielding
What occurs when a charged particle makes a deep penetration of the spacecraft and affects internal electronics?
Single Event Upset (bitflip)
What occurs when the spacecraft collides with atmospheric molecules causing a transfer of kinetic energy?
Atmospheric Drag
What is the mitigation for atmospheric drag?
Orbital maneuvers
What controls and manages the satellite?
Satellite Operations Center
What tracks location and status of the satellite?
Remote Tracking Station
What are the 4 Remote Tracking Stations under 21 SOPS?
- COOK - Vandenburg Tracking Station - VTS
- REEF - Diego Garcia Tracking Station - DGS
- GUAM - Guam Tracking Station - GTS
- HULA - Hawaii Tracking Station - HTS
What are the 3 Remote Tracking Stations under 23 SOPS?
- BOSS - New Hampshire Tracking Station - NHS
- POGO - Thule Tracking Station - TTS
- LION - Telemetry & Command Station - TCS
What are the 3 units under Space Delta 6 and their functions?
- 21/23 SOPS - range function
- 22 SOPS - scheduling
- DISA - communications
