Chapter 1 Self Test Flashcards
(201) 2. What is the mission of 14th Air Force?
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.
(201) 1. What is the mission of AFSPC?
To provide resilient and cost-effective space and cyberspace capabilities for the joint force and the nation.
(202) 1. What year, and from what base was the first polar orbiting satellite launched?
1959, Vandenberg AFB
(202) 2. What does the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron specialize in?
The reuse of deactivated ICBMs for a variety of new missions including space and target launch.
(202) 3. What do the 4th Space Launch Squadron’s launch vehicles provide?
The nation’s sole medium/heavy lift capability to polar orbit
(202) 4. What do mission assurance technicians provide, using their experience from previous ICBM assignments?
Provide technical oversight on contractor launch processing activities
(202) 5. Before being transferred to Air Force Space Command, who had space launch responsibility for the Air Force?
Air Force Systems Command
(202) 6. What trajectories can Cape Canaveral AFS launch payloads into?
circular, elliptical, equatorial, or deep space trajectories
(202) 7. What complexes and launch vehicles is the 5th Space Launch Squadron responsible for?
Delta IV from Launch Complex 37 and Atlas V from Launch Complex 41
(202) 8. What does the 45th Launch Support Squadron oversee?
Spacecraft launch operations training and certification of engineers, operators, and maintenance personnel.
(203) 1. What are the major assemblies of the Atlas V launch vehicle?
The common core booster (CCB), centaur upper stage, and payload fairing
(203) 2. What components are in the Common Core Booster’s engine?
A hot gas generator, main turbopump assembly and a single turbine
(203) 3. What are the structural elements of the Centaur upper stage?
The propellant tank, forward adapter, and interstage adapter
(203) 4. What contains enclosures that have retractable launch vehicle servicing and checkout platforms?
Mobile Service Tower (MST)
(203) 5. What is the platform on which the Atlas V launch vehicle is assembled, tested, and launched?
Launch Support Building (LSB)
(203) 6. What supports the launch vehicle during fueling and final preparation for launch?
Fixed Launch Platform (FLP)
(204) 1. What is contained in the Common booster propellant tanks?
Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
(204) 2. What powers the Delta IV second stage?
A Pratt & Whitney RL-10B2 engine
(204) 3. What are the two varieties of Delta IV payload fairings?
A stretched 4 meter payload fairing and an enlarged 5 meter payload fairing.
(204) 4. When is the mobile service tower rolled away from the Delta IV?
Several hours before launch
(204) 5. At Vandenberg’s SLC-6, what completely encloses the launch vehicle within the fixed umbilical tower and mobile service tower?
The mobile assembly shelter (MAS)
(204) 6. What supports the launch vehicle on the pad?
The launch table
(204) 7. Where are the Delta IV Common booster cores and second stages mated and tested before being moved to the launch pad?
Horizontal integration facility (HIF)
(205) 2. What are the sources of power used on satellites?
Solar, battery, and nuclear
