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Question 1: Four ________ paddles mounted near its equator recharged the storage batteries while in orbit.
PhotovoltaicsDye-sensitized solar cellSolar energySolar cell

Question 2: A ________ transmitter was used for the digital telemetry and the TV signal.
Very high frequencyL bandMicrowaveUltra high frequency

Question 3: Explorer 6 (1959-004A or S-2) was a ________ satellite launched on August 7, 1959.
CanadaPhilippinesAlaskaUnited States

Question 4: It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from ________.
Orbital mechanicsOrbitOrbital elementsLagrangian point

Question 5: It was a small, spheroidal satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic ________, geomagnetism, radio propagation in the upper atmosphere, and the flux of micrometeorites.
X-rayIonizing radiationNuclear fusionCosmic ray

Question 6: The satellite was launched into a highly elliptical ________ with an initial local time of apogee of 2100 h.
OrbitLagrangian pointOrbital elementsOrbital mechanics
















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