The Journey of Flight.pdf - Valkyrie Cadet

16. Which of the following is not a source of space law?
a. Customs
b. Treaties
c. UN decrees
d. International courts
17. The Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act did which of the following?
a. Allowed the sale of government data
b. Set limits on the quality of the data that could be sold
c. Directed that data be provided to all customers at the same costs
d. All of the above
18. Which member of the 1998 International Space Station Agreement started participating in 1993
and signed the new 1998 agreement?
a. Japan
b. Russia
c. Canada
d. European Space Agency (ESA)
TRUE OR FALSE
19. Scientific application satellites gather information that may or may not have immediate use.
20. Telstar 1 was the first telecommunications satellite.
21. TRANSIT and TIMATION were precursors to the Global Positioning System.
22. Taking photos and infrared observations are the only activities of reconnaissance satellites.
SHORT ANSWER
23. Describe the three basic principles of space law.
24. What were the two most significant provisions of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967?
25. Briefly describe the situation that led to the ABM Treaty and explain why it is significant to
space operations.
26. How did the National Aeronautics and Space Act help space exploration in the United States?
27. How did the Commercial Space Launch Act aid the development of commercial space activities?
28. What three issues were at least partially resolved by the International Space Station Agreement?
29. Name the four categories of satellites.
30. Name the four uses of communications satellites.
31. List the three segments of GPS and their functions.
32. What are the three types of observation satellites?
33. What are the four purposes of reconnaissance satellites?
34. What are some of the potential reasons to construct space colonies?