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Spacecraft attitude determination and control

Spacecraft attitude control is the process of controlling the orientation of a spacecraft (vehicle or satellite) with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity such as the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.

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Spacecraft attitude determination and control

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attitude spacecraft control used sensors earth satellite must system use vehicle actuators space orientation momentum magnetic direction using may thrusters

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the celestial sphereinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
certain fieldsinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
and nearby objectsinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
etc.Controlling vehicle attitude requires actuators to apply the torques needed to orient the vehicle to a desired attitudeinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
and algorithms to command the actuators based on the current attitudeinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
specification of a desired attitude.Beforeinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
during attitude control can be performedinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
spacecraft attitude determination must be performedinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
which requires sensors for absolute or relative measurement.The broader integrated field that studies the combination of sensorsinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
actuatorsinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
algorithms is called guidanceinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text
navigationinstance ofwith respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity0.80text

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