ROTC Space Vocab Test 2

Small pieces of asteroids and comets that cannot be tracked

• space debris

• orbital debris

• micrometeoroids

• space radiation

Contains atoms that have been stripped of their electrons as they accelerate through space at speeds close to the speed of light

• Solar Flares

• Space radiation

• molecular diffusion

• galactic cosmic rays

high-energy protons and heavy ions that originate outside our solar system

• solar flares

• magnetic field

• molecular diffusion

• Galactic cosmic rays

Natural and man-made particles in space

• space debris

• orbital debris

• micrometeoroids

• space radiation

man-made particles in space, like trash from spent rockets and broken satellites

• space debris

• orbital debris

• micrometeoroids

• space radiation

Missiles with a flight capability of over 3,400 miles

• R-7 missiles

• redstone missiles

• intergalactic missiles

• intercontinental ballistic missiles

A flight trajectory that does not complete a full orbit of the earth

• orbital flight

• parabola flight

• suborbital flight

• low earth orbit

When an object is placed on a flight trajectory that keeps it in space for at least one orbit around a planet

• orbital flight

• parabola flight

• suborbital flight

• low earth flight

The action of making use of and benefiting from resources such as new technology

• cooperation

• exploitation

• collaboration

• manipulation

A small auxiliary rocket on a spacecraft that is designed to slow down the craft

• orbiter

• retrorocket

• solid rocket boosters

• space shuttle main engines