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There's also Passive Magnetic Attitude Control System (PMACS) that uses magnets, and does away with motors and reaction wheels. I guess PMACS is good enough for
by swatkat 10y ago
There's also Passive Magnetic Attitude Control System (PMACS) that uses magnets, and does away with motors and reaction wheels. I guess PMACS is good enough for most of the nano/pico/femto satellites. It was recently used in an Indian student satellite "Swayam"[0].
[0] http://www.coep.org.in/csat/subsystems/acs/ http://www.coep.org.in/csat/subsystems/acs/
- iamgopal 10y agoHow to launch such femto satellites??
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