Technician exam question T8B01
Subelement T8, SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS· Group T8B
What telemetry information is typically transmitted by satellite beacons?
- A.The signal strength of received signals
- B.Time of day accurate to plus or minus 1/10 second
- C.Health and status of the satellite (correct answer)
- D.All these choices are correct
WhySatellite beacons typically transmit the health and status of the satellite as telemetry. Satellite beacons typically transmit telemetry about the spacecraft's own health and status, battery voltage, temperature, and similar engineering data, answer C. They don't report the signal strength of signals the satellite happens to receive (A), and while some satellites do carry time-of-day information, that isn't the defining purpose of a beacon's telemetry, so D, which depends on all three being typical beacon content, is also wrong.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2026-2030 NCVEC Element 2 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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