Making Light Work of Orbit and Attitude Control (IMAGE)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Making Light Work of Orbit and Attitude Control

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The new gyroscope could one day help a satellite bus like this with attitude detection: the platform of the approximately one-meter long TET-1 satellite.

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© Astro Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH

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