TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE - ANSWERS FOR IDENTIFY THAT SPACE CRAFT


These are the suggested answers to the "TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE" quiz on Identify that Spacecraft or Satellite

  1. Sputnik-1 * The first artificial satellite launched (USSR).
  2. Aussat-1 * The first Australian communications satellite (GEO).
  3. Space Shuttle * Atlantis returning to land after STS-30 mission.
  4. Hubble * The space telescope that brings us those amazing images.
  5. Gemini Capsule * USA second series of manned spaceflight.
  6. ACE * Atmospheric Composition Explorer. Monitors solar wind.
  7. Juno * Recent (2016) US mission to Jupiter.
  8. Ranger-7 * First high resolution pictures of the Luna surface.
  9. Apollo-11 * First spacecraft to land man on the moon.
  10. COBE * Cosmic Background Explorer - Looking for the Big Bang.
  11. ISS * International Space Station.
  12. GPS * Global Positioning Satellite (Block II series).
  13. Surveyor-1 * First US sift landing on the Moon.
  14. Landsat-9 * Remote sensing satellite.
  15. Fedsat * Australian scientific small satellite.
  16. COROT * French scientific satellite - Exoplanets and Asteroseismology.
  17. EROS * Israeli optical reconnaisance satellite.
  18. GOES-8 * Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - terrestrial and space weather.
  19. DSP * US Defence Satellite Program - infrared missile warning.
  20. Luna-9 * USSR - first soft landing on the Moon.
  21. Hipparcos * Astrometric satellite - accurate measurement of star positions.
  22. IRAS * Infrared Astronomical Satellite.
  23. DMSP * US Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (LEO).
  24. New Horizons * US Mission to Pluto and Beyond.
  25. Kepler * Exoplanet hunting satellite.
  26. Luna-17 * USSR - first automated lunar rover.
  27. Himawari-8 * Japanese meteorological satellite.
  28. Mercury Capsule * First US series of manned spaceflight.
  29. Syncom-1 * First geosynchronous communication satellite.
  30. Tiros-1 * Television & Infrared Observation Satellite - first operational weather satellite.
  31. Voyager-1 * Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune flybys.
  32. Optus B series * Second series of Australian communication satellites.
  33. Luna-16 8 * First automated lunar soil sample return.
  34. Mercury Messenger * Orbital mission to Mercury - note sunshade.
  35. Venera-9 * First soft landing on Venus.
  36. NBN Co Sat (Skymuster 1A) * Australian internet satellite service.
  37. Pioneer-10 * Outer solar system explorer - first to leave solar system.
  38. Skylab * First US space station.
  39. SOHO * Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
  40. Mariner-4 * First successful flyby of Mars.


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