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Welcome to the Space Activity Booklet, developed by Spaceport Cornwall to inspire you about space and all that it can offer.
Spaceport Cornwall, with partners Virgin Orbit and Goonhilly Earth Station, are due to launch rockets from Cornwall Airport Newquay in 2022. By the time you finish your education there should be even more exciting opportunities in the sectorlocally, nationally and internationally!
Hey there! My name is Palores the astrochough, and this is Lorell the satellite. We will help you throughout this booklet by explaining what you need to do, giving more detail about tricky bits.
Throughout this booklet there are a number of different tasks. Once completed, colour in the stars opposite to show your progress.
We work with Spaceport Cornwall to help talk to students and young people about the space sector. You can see more of us on Spaceport Cornwall’s YouTube channel..
Palores touches down at Spaceport Cornwall in time to help Virgin Orbit launch Lorell the satellite into space
Cosmic Girl, the 747 aircraft carrying the rocket, takes off. Lorell sits inside LauncherOne attached to Cosmic Girl’s wing
High in the sky over Cornwall Airport Newquay, Palores the astrochough zooms towards Spaceport Cornwall
At an altitude of 35,000 feet, LauncherOne separates from Cosmic Girl and starts its journey into space
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Lorell
Lorell
Clue: The formula for working out time is distance divided by speed (Or T=D/S). Use a calculator to help you.
On your workbook we have marked London. Can you work out how long it would take for the rocket, going at full speed, to get from Spaceport Cornwall to London?
Distance =
Speed =
Time = (Palores can help you here)
Now multiply the time figure by 3600 (thats the amount of seconds in an hour) to find out how many seconds it would take.
Seconds =
Check your answer and, if correct, colour in the star
Answers inside the back cover.
When Virgin Orbit launches their rocket, it will still need to accelerate to a speed of 18,000 miles per hour to achieve a stable orbit around Earth.
FACT: There are thousands of human-made satellites in orbit around our Earth which have been launched since 1957.
A satellite is anything that orbits, or spins around, a bigger object. These objects can be humanmade, like me, or natural.
Answers inside the back cover.
FACT:
We can do many different things, including helping with communications, helping with weather forecasting and tracking things like illegal fishing and climate change.
Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in orbit.
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit the Earth.
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched.
Satellites and Goonhilly Earth Station help broadcast the moon landing across the world.
The first horizontal launch from Spaceport Cornwall is expected to take place.
The world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1, is launched.
Answers inside the back cover.
International Space Station launched.
Can you match these historical space developments with their correct year?
Draw a line between the date and the event
FACT: Goonhilly Earth Station, on The Lizard in Cornwall, has some of the largest satellite receiver dishes in the UK, with their largest satellite dish, called Merlin, being 32 metres in diameter. That’s longer than most swimming pools!
Satellites that will be launched from Spaceport Cornwall will capture a lot of data, but they also need to pass that data back to earth.
To pick up data from satellites and other spacecraft, we need satellite receiver dishes. Some are very small, like those you may see on the sides of houses, while others are as tall as buildings or even bigger.
Spaceport Cornwall will be working in partnership with Virgin Orbit to launch satellites into space.
Historically, satellites have been launched vertically (which means straight up), but Virgin Orbit will be using their 747 plane, called Cosmic Girl, to launch their satellites, carrying the rocket up high before dropping it for launch into orbit.
Most rockets are made up of two or three stages.
When a stage has used up all of its fuel, it is separated to get rid of the dead weight. It then falls back to Earth, usually into the ocean where it is retrieved, or burns up in the atmosphere. Large launchers often get an extra boost from rockets strapped onto the first stage, called boosters.
How large do you think the LauncherOne rocket is?
A) The size of an elephant
B) The size of two double-decker buses
C) The size of a football field
What will Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne be launching?
A) Humans
B) Space Stations
C) Satellites
The LauncherOne Rocket will place satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). How far up do you have to travel from Spaceport Cornwall to get to the start of Low Earth Orbit?
A) Cornwall to Bristol (100 miles)
B) Cornwall to New York (3000 miles)
C) Cornwall to Sydney (10,000 miles)
When the rocket drops from Cosmic Girl’s wing, it will release 30 tonnes of weight from the left-hand side of the plane. How do you think the plane will become balanced again?
A) A fake weight on the other side of the plane will also drop off at the same time
B) People inside the plane will move from one side to the other
C) A valve will open that will allow fuel held in the wing on the right-hand side of the plane to run into the left hand side of the plane
Which place in the UK is responsible for all of these space firsts?
- The discovery of the planet Neptune
- Broadcasting the Apollo 11 Moon Landings around the world
- The UK’s first planned orbital space launch
A) London
B) Cornwall
C) Glasgow
Answers inside the back cover.
Carefully cut out the model. Scoring the folds makes the plane easier to fold. Complete folds on both sides from steps 4 to 7.
Score the fold lines.
Fold the model in half, keeping the graphics on the inside.
Fold the tail section in.
Fold down the wing flap.
Fold under at bottom crease.
Fold down the wing(s).
Fold up at the crease to complete the wing(s).
Add a small paperclip to the nose.
Do not throw the plane in the direction of people, animals or fragile objects!
SOUTH POLE
NORTH POLE
Hmmm, something doesn’t look quite right in the control room! Can you help Palores get back on track? How many differences can you spot? There are 10 in total.
Answers inside the back cover.
REMEMBER Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths skills are important to us all. These subjects are commonly shortened to STEAM.
• Ask questions
• Connect the dots
• Problem-solve
• Think creatively
• Be innovative
• Create or build new services and products
Write and/or draw an idea that you have about a new product or service that uses space, or space data, and could benefit us on Earth. You can be as creative and detailed as you like.
By using satellites to observe the Earth and monitor what is happening here, we are able to see what we can change to make things better.
Satellites can be used to monitor things such as ice, oceans, land, the Sun and the atmosphere.
Environmental satellites can inform us about things like climate change, pollution levels and greenhouse gases. Once these areas are monitored, different plans can be put in place to try and limit negative impacts as effectively as possible.
Ocean-based satellites can be used for things like monitoring sea temperature and coral reefs, tracking animals such as whales and even helping in emergency situations by assisting with communications.
When looking at the land, satellites can help inform farmers about which areas of their fields need extra care. They can also provide GPS information, helping us travel more
easily, and inform us about extreme weather events, like droughts and forest fires.
Satellites are also important to the developing world. For a country like India, with populations separated by rough terrain and different languages, communication satellites provide access to education and medical expertise that would otherwise not reach them.
What information can be gathered by using oceanbased satellites?
Can you answer Lorell’s questions below?
Why might farmers use satellites to help them with their job?
Which words describe India’s rocky, undeveloped landscape?
Satellites can help protect endangered species. How might they do this?
Answers inside the back cover.
you name each of the planets below and colour them in the colour that you think they should be?
Did you know that the Earth only has one moon, but there are more than 180 moons orbiting the planets in our solar system in total?
We have eight planets in our solar system. They range in size, colour and the speed at which they rotate around the Sun. The further away from the Sun a planet is, the longer it takes to completely orbit it.
Here is a list of the number of days the different planets take to orbit the sun: 365, 60225, 225, 4380, 10585, 687, 30660, 88. Can you put them in order and write them against each planet?
Answers inside the back cover.
When jobs in the space sector are talked about, most people think about astronauts - but astronauts are only a really, really small number of the jobs available. There are loads of others.
These people use the information that satellites have produced. They use the data in applications that we may have on our phones, online or within products.
These people solve problems. They use science and maths to work out the best way of creating new things or to improve them. In this case, these people will be the ones who will build the rockets, satellites and spacecraft.
Also called astrophysicists, these people explore the information that satellites send back to Earth. They store, maintain and analyse this information to share with the rest of the world. This can lead to fascinating, lifechanging results.
Once up in space, our satellites will sometimes need to be controlled. These are the people who will guide and control space flight from their control centres. They can also help a satellite stay in its correct orbit, by telling it to change position slightly.
ENGINEER
OPERATORS
Most jobs within the space sector require a degree-level qualification. This could be a higher apprenticeship, or a Bachelor degree. You can choose between 37,000 different courses at university, but which of the examples below do you think are real courses?
Please tick the real courses below:
University is great, because you get to study the subject that you are really interested in and meet lots of new people from around the world.
inside the back cover.
Electronic Engineering with Space Systems Aerospace Engineering Astronaut StudiesSpace Science and Robotics Planetary Science with Astronomy Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics1. From which county will satellites be launched in 2022? (8) See Page 3
2. Satellites can be used to help monitor ____ change. (7) See Page 24
3. What is the spacecraft called that will help launch satellites from Spaceport Cornwall? (6,4) See Page 14
5. What is the name of Spaceport Cornwall’s astrochough mascot? (7) See Page 5
6. What is the study of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths better known as? (5) See Page 22
7. Which company will be the first to launch from Spaceport Cornwall in 2022? (6,5) See Page 3
9. Where can you choose to study one of 37,000 different courses? (10) See Page 29
11. Complete the name of this well-known Cornish Space Company. Goonhilly ____ Station. (5) See Page 12
15. What is an example of a Low Earth Orbit satellite that UK astronaut Tim Peake visited in 2015/2016? The International ____ Station. (5) See Page 10
4. What is another name for space scientists? (15) See Page 28
8. What is the name of Spaceport Cornwall’s satellite mascot? (6) See Page 5
10. Satellites can be used to monitor things such as ice, oceans, land, the Sun and the _____ (10) See Page 24
11. Who uses science and maths to solve problems? (9) See Page 28
12. How many planets are there in our solar system? (5) See Page 26
13. Which planet in our solar system has rings? (6) See Page 26
14. What do you call something that orbits another body? (9) See Page 10
TASK 16: Can you complete the missing words using the clues below?
11.Earth,15.Space.
5.Palores,6.STEAM,7.VirginOrbit,9.University,
TASK17:Across:4.Astrophysicists,8.Lorell, 10.Atmosphere,11.Engineers,12.,EIGHT13.Saturn, 14.Satellite.Down:1.Cornwall,2.Climate,3.CosmicGirl,
Studies(alotofastronautscomeupthroughroutessuch asaerospaceengineering,pilotingormedicine).
TASK16:AllarerealcoursesapartfromAstronaut
ApplicationDevelopers-Thesepeopleusethe informationthatsatelliteshaveproducedinapplications thatwemayhaveonourphones,onlineorwithinproducts.
SpaceDataScientists(Astrophysicists)-Thesepeople exploretheinformationthatsatellitessendbacktoearth. Theystore,maintainandanalysethisinformationto sharewiththerestoftheworld...
SpacecraftOperators-Onceupinspace,oursatellites willsometimesneedtobecontrolled.Thesearethe peoplethatwillguideandcontrolspaceflightfromtheir controlcentres...
Theyusescienceandmathstoworkoutthebestwayto createnewthingsortoimprovethem...
TASK15:Engineers-Thesepeoplesolveproblems.
Dayslefttoright:Mercury88,Venus225,Earth365, Mars687,Jupiter4380,Saturn10585,Uranus30660, Neptune60225.
TASK13&14:Planetslefttoright:Mercury,Venus, Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,UranusandNeptune.
B:Informfarmersaboutwhichareasoftheirfieldsneedextra careC:roughterrainD:Trackinganimalssuchaswhales.
TASK12:A:Ocean-basedsatellitescanbeusedfor thingslikemonitoringseatemperatureandcoralreefs, trackinganimalssuchaswhalesandevenhelpingin emergencysituationsbyassistingwithcommunications.
Meridians oflongitude
TASK9:
AntarcticCircle TropicofCapricorn Parallels oflatitude
Equator SouthernHemisphere NorthernHemisphere TropicofCancer ArcticCircle
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1963ValentinaTereshkovabecomesthefirstwoman intoorbit.
1961YuriGagarinbecomesthefirstpersontoorbit theEarth.
1998InternationalSpaceStationlaunched.
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1990TheHubbleSpaceTelescopeislaunched.
2022ThefirsthorizontallaunchfromSpaceport Cornwallisexpectedtotakeplace.
1969SatellitesandGoonhillyEarthStationreceiverArthur helpedbroadcastthemoonlandingacrosstheworld.
TASK3: 1957Theworld’sfirstsatellite,Sputnik1,islaunched.
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You may wonder where we got our names. Well, Palores means 'chough' in Cornish and Lorell means 'satellite'. Below, we will teach you a few more words of the Cornish Language.
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