Re: [sarex] question

[Tony Dinkel <tonydinkel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Attitude is an expression of an object's orientation in space.  All 
man made space objects need to "point" to a particular place to 
accomplish their mission.  In the case of a ham sat, antennas need to 
be earth oriented.  Solar arrays need to point to the sun.  If the 
satellite were out of attitude, signals would not be received by the 
satellite, solar arrays would not charge the batteries and the 
satellite would be useless.  Small thrusters, gas jets, arc jets, 
momentum wheels and electromagnetic coils are used to adjust a 
satellite's attitude to the proper orientation.

Note...I am not an aerospace engineer, other responses are invited.

td


> For a while I thought that when I read many reports aboutr
>satellites and such that thge word "attitude" was just a
>typo.
>
>
>  What is attitude?
>
>  What is the difference betwenn altitude and attitude?
>
>
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