The Journey of Flight.pdf - Valkyrie Cadet

At the end of World War II, the team of German V-2 rocket experts (led by Dr. Wernher von Braun)
surrendered to American troops to avoid being captured by Russian troops. The United States seized
a V-2 assembly plant and 100 partially assembled V-2 rockets. These events formed the nucleus of
US rocket research during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and marked the beginning of the “space
race” between the United States and the Soviet Union.
bjectives
Discuss America’s early space efforts.
Discuss the Soviet Union’s early space efforts.
Describe America’s reaction to the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957.
State one of the biggest reasons for the space race between the United States and the
Soviet Union.
Discuss the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Describe the sources of space law.
Describe the significance of Sputnik to space law.
Describe the three principles of space law.
Identify two significant provisions of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
Explain the significance of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of space operations.
Explain the significance of the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
Explain the significance of the commercial Space Launch Act.
Explain the significance of the Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act.
Describe the function of the International Telecommunications Union.
Describe the 1976 Bogota Declaration.
Describe the International Space Station Agreement.
Identify three issues addressed by the International Space Station Agreement.
Define a satellite.
Identify four categories of satellites.
Identify uses of communications satellites.
Define an active communications satellite.
Define a passive communications satellite.
Describe the purpose of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Describe the elements required for global positioning.
Identify GPS uses.
Identify three types of observation satellites.
Match examples of data to the satellite type most likely to observe and record it.
Identify examples of weather satellites.
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