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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Accurate measurements that helped Kepler create his laws were made by…

A

Tycho Brahe

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2
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Keplers first law states that all planets orbit the sun in …. Orbits with the …. at its focus

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Elliptical, Sun

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3
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Keplers third law relates …. Axis to orbital ….

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Semi major, period

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4
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… Launched the first liquid fueled rocket on March …, 19..

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Robert Goddard, 16, 1926

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5
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The first U.S. Patent for a liquid fuel rocket went to

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Robert Goddard

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6
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The first gyroscopic guidance system patent went to

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Robert Goddard

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7
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The first v-2 test was developed by … And done on …

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Robert Goddard, June, 1942

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8
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The v2 was used by both… And …

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Russia and the U.S.

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9
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The first v2 launch from white sands missile range happened …

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May, 1946

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10
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The bumper rocket was a mix between a … And …

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V2 and Aerobee rocket

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11
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The first live subjects launched on suborbital flights were on the U.S. …

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Bumper Rocket

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12
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The U.S. Launched the first U.S. Redstone rocket was designed by … On ….

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Von Braun, August, 1953

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13
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Von Braun was assigned to the … After being brought back to the U.S. After the end of ww II

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U.S. Army

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14
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The Jupiter-C rocket was launched to an altitude over 600 miles on …

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September 1956

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15
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With an additional stage already developed, Von brains … Could have launched a satellite into orbit 1956

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Jupiter-C

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16
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The First intercontinental ballistic missile was launched by … On …

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Russia, August 1957

17
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Russia’s R7 had s range of …Km

A

8800

18
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Earth orbiting satellites were proposed for the international geophysical year which was in 19… And 19…

A

57,58

19
Q

… Was the first satellite launched on a … On …

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Sputnik, R7, October 1957

20
Q

Second satellite to orbit earth: … Carried …

A

Sputnik II… Laika

21
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America launched its fire earth orbital satellite on … On a … Rocket

A

January 1958, Redstone

22
Q

The first heliocentric theory thought of in 250BC was thought of by…

A

Aristarchus

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