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Was assigned the task to develop an ICBM by the end of the decade
Who was Gen Bernard Schriever
100
First American Satellite to orbit earth
What is Explorer I
100
NRO was established by which two agencies
What is CIA (intel) and AF (DOD)
100
An early Navy navigation system
What is Transit satellite
100
First Russia operational ICBM
What is the SS-6
200
Was given to the Royal Air Force to gain nuclear strike capabilities against the Soviets
What is Thor IRBM
200
Project that carried first voice transmissions from space
What is Project Score: President Eisenhower's Christmas message
200
These three sites have Ballistic Missile Early Warning Systems (BMEWS)
What is Thule Greenland, Clear Alaska, and Fylingdales UK
200
Navy and Air Force combined efforts to develop this navigation system
What is Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS)
200
Russia and United States met challenge to send an object to space set by the
What is International Geophysical Year
300
First solid fuel rocket
What is Minuteman I
300
Code name 'Corona', polar orbiting satellite used to spy on Russians
What is Discoverer
300
Program designed to monitor atmospheric detonations of nuclear weapons
What is Vela program
300
GPS satellites are typically found in this orbit
What is Middle Earth Orbit
300
America's first military weather satellite
What is Defense Metrological Satellite Program
400
First underground silo-based ICBM
What is Titan I
400
First phased array radar
What is Eglin AFB
400
Provided world wide coverage of all launches and detonations of nuclear weapons
What is Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS)
400
This navigation satellite is not effective for aircraft or missiles
What is Transit satellite
400
Plan on how to shoot down ICBM
What is Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
500
A Titan that was strictly a space launch vehicle
What is Titan III
500
First military communications satellite
What is IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program)
500
Follow on satellite program to MIDAS
What is Defense Support Program (DSP)
500
Alternative acronym for GPS
What is PNT (position, navigation and timing)
500
Uncle Buck's saying
What is Boom 'Merica