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I believe you are thinking about reaction wheels. Hubble has 4 of those but it also has 6 gyroscope sensors, which is what was in the news recently. I just don
by wcoenen 8y ago
I believe you are thinking about reaction wheels. Hubble has 4 of those but it also has 6 gyroscope sensors, which is what was in the news recently.
I just don't know how the specs and intended use cases of those Hubble gyros compare to these optical gyros, hence my question.
- racnid 8y agoHonestly I was thinking about the reaction wheels when I wrote my comment because I only skimmed the Hubble articles and didn't realize they were talking about the attitude sensing gyroscopes having to be reset.