Army Space Cadre Course Questions and Answers (verified 2024)
The steeper and faster the reentry angle the - ANS-
Who is eligible to be part of the Army Space Cadre? - ANS-Military and Civilian personnel
What report directed the creation of a Space Cadre? - ANS-Space Commission Report
Why does the Army maintain an Army Space Cadre? - ANS-• Fulfills Congressional Mandate
• DoD Directive
• Provides efficiencies for the Army
What are the 5 Space Mission Areas? - ANS-Space Situational Awareness
Space Force Enhancement
Space Support
Space Control
Space Force Application
Is an SSE (Space Support Element) assigned to SMDC or the organization they support? - ANS-Organic to the organization they support.
NOT assigned to SMDC
Which two Brigades conduct operations for USASMDC/ARSTRAT? - ANS-1st Space Brigade 100th Missile Defense Brigade
Where is USASMDC/ARSTRAT's operational hub located? - ANS-Peterson AFB - Colorado Springs, CO
Which three combatant commands have global responsibilities? - ANS-USSTRATCOM,
USSOCOM, USTRANSC
What are the six USSTRATCOM mission areas? - ANS-Global Strike, Space, Cyberspace, ISR, IMD and WMD
Which JFCC is responsible for space? - ANS-JFCC Space
What is the name of the JFCC Space Operations Center? - ANS-Joint Space Operations Center
(JSpOC) Where is the JSpOC located? - ANS-Vandenberg AFB, CA
The Commander of the U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command is also the Commander of which JFCC? - ANS-JFCC-IMD
What is the role of the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Commander, as the Army Service Component Commander to USSTRATCOM? - ANS-Force Provider
Which two Brigades conduct operations for USASMDC/ARSTRAT? - ANS-1st Space Brigade 100th Missile Defense Brigade
Where is USASMDC/ARSTRAT's operational hub located? - ANS-Peterson AFB - Colorado Springs, CO
Goddard's work largely anticipated these critical elements to launching rockets - ANS-
Gyroscopic control, gimbal-steering
Name the 2 programs the US used to observe the former USSR covertly in the 1950s. - ANS-Genetrix, U2
What was the significance of the Army Signal Corps bouncing radar signals off moon and receiving the reflected signal back on earth in 1946? - ANS-It demonstrated the ability for radio waves to escape the ionosphere which would enable communication with satellites and the detection of missiles above the ionosphere
The point when an object is at the greatest velocity (fastest) and closest to the body it orbits - ANS-Perigee
The point when an object is at the least velocity (slowest) and farthest away from the body it orbits. - ANS-Apogee
How is a satellite traveling around the Earth? - ANS-Falling, not flying
What is the orbital element that relates to the maximum latitude of a satellite's ground trace? - ANS-Inclination
What is the most common orbit for communications satellites? - ANS-Geosynchronous (GEO)
This National Strategy drives all other national strategies. - ANS-The National Security Strategy
This manual governs Joint Space Operation - ANS-Joint Publication (JP) 3-14
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