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Spacecraft attitude control

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solar sail
type of spacecraft propulsion that takes advantage of solar radiation
reaction control system
spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control
ring laser gyroscope
laser interferometer designed to measure angular velocity
attitude control
spacecraft component controlling orientation
star tracker
device that senses the direction to one or multiple stars
vernier thruster
rocket engine for maneuvering
reaction wheel
type of flywheel used for three axis attitude control in spacecraft
control moment gyroscope
attitude control device
KDU-414
The KDU-414 (Russian Корректирующая Двигательная Установка, Corrective Propulsion Unit), is a pressure-fed liquid rocket Propulsion Unit developed and produced by the Isayev Design Bureau (today known as KhimMash). From 1960 onward, it powered several unmanned Soviet Spacecraft, including the first series of Molniya satellites, several Kosmos satellites as well as the space probes Mars 1, Venera 1, Zond 2 and Zond 3, featured as a part of standardized spacecraft buses known as KAUR-2, 2MV and 3MV.
sun sensor
spacecraft instrument that senses the direction to the Sun
magnetorquer
A magnetorquer or magnetic torquer (also known as a torque rod) is a satellite system for attitude control, detumbling, and stabilization built from electromagnetic coils. The magnetorquer creates a magnetic dipole that interfaces with an ambient magnetic field, usually Earth's, so that the counter-forces produced provide useful torque.