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1. Australia's first Scientific Satellite was: choose WRESAT AUSSAT-1 OSCAR-5
2. The ARIES SATELLITE: choose Satellite to be launched in the sun sign of Aries, in 2001 is the Australian Research Imaging Earth Satellite is the Australian Rural Industry Environment Satellite
3. The FedSat SATELLITE: choose is a LEO satellite is Australia's first ever scientific satellite is a geostationary satellite
4. A Geostationary SATELLITE: choose is sitting stationary on the earth is equipped with retro-rockets so that after launching it is at rest has a period of exactly 24 hours has a period of about 23.5 hours
5. A LEO Satellite is choose Low Equatorial Orbit Low Earth orbit Launched in the LEO constellation
6. A LEO Satellite: choose Circles the earth in about 30 minutes Circles the earth in about 90 minutes Cicrles the earh every 12 hours
7. GPS stands for choose Geographical Position System Global Positioning System Global Planetary Position
8. The accuracy of GPS for civilian use is choose 30 m 100m 300m 500m
9. The accuracy of GPS for US Military use is choose 10 m 30m 100m 150m
10. A GPS SV (Space Vehicle) Satellite has a period of about choose 90 minutes 12 hours is geostationary
11. The Russian GPS Satellite system is called choose Glassnos Perestroika Glass Glonass
12. The Ionosphere starts at about what height above the ground? choose 10 km 50 km 250 km 500 km
13. Short wave radio signals from ground transmitters are reflected by the choose ionosphere atmosphere plasmasphere geosphere 500 km
14. One satellite is four times as far from the centre of the earth as another. The more distant satellite has a period that is choose choose half one quarter twice four times eight times the period of the inner satellite.

If you don't know enough to tackle this quiz, seek out the answers starting at

• Index Page of the Australian CRC Satellite Systems
• Primer All About Satellites
• Primer All About GPS
• First in Space a chronology of spacecraft and satellite missions
• NASA web site.