• A control moment gyroscope (CMG) is an attitude control device generally used in spacecraft attitude control systems. A CMG consists of a spinning rotor...
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    be suspended in a fluid, instead of being mounted in gimbals. A control moment gyroscope (CMG) is an example of a fixed-output-gimbal device that is used...
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  • Gyroscopic control may refer to: Control moment gyroscope, an attitude control device generally used in spacecraft attitude control systems Gyroscopic...
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    Skylab (section Gyroscopes)
    There were two types of gyroscopes on Skylab. Control-moment gyroscopes (CMG) could physically move the station, and rate gyroscopes measured the rate of...
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    years. Swift resumed science operations on February 17, 2022. A control moment gyroscope (CMG) is a related but different type of attitude actuator, generally...
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    used in an active way to control the orientation, as control moment gyroscopes do in spacecraft, to provide attitude control. Ship stability Stabilizer...
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    Mir (section Orbit control)
    Attitude control was maintained by a combination of two mechanisms; in order to hold a set attitude, a system of twelve control moment gyroscopes (CMGs,...
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    International Space Station uses electrically powered control moment gyroscopes (CMG) for primary attitude control, with RCS thruster systems as backup and augmentation...
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    control surfaces are useless. Therefore, a system such as a gimballing main engine, a reaction control system, or possibly a control moment gyroscope...
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    by angular momentum storage devices such as reaction wheels or control moment gyroscopes. It is generally preferable to use these devices instead of traditional...
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    MISSE 5 to the station's exterior, and replaced one of the ISS's Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG). The CMG was carried up on the LMC (Lightweight Multi-Purpose...
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    using solar panels. Another advantage over momentum wheels and control moment gyroscopes is the absence of moving parts, hence significantly higher reliability...
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    keeping it aimed at the Sun. This is a novel application of control moment gyroscopes. In 1990 and 2007, a smaller design derivative known as Kalpana...
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    rather than for energy storage, it is called a reaction wheel or a control moment gyroscope. The resistance of angular tilting can be almost completely removed...
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    Micromachined inertial sensors Fibre-Optic Gyroscope (FOG) Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope (HRG) Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) Star tracker Terrain Referenced...
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    November 2016. In January 2019, the company reported the failure of a control moment gyroscope on the satellite, rendering it inoperable. Currently being built...
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    Stephen; Frantz, Peter; Ferguson, Kevin (12 May 2010). "Space Station Control Moment Gyroscope Lessons Learned" (PDF). Proceedings of the 40th Aerospace Mechanisms...
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    malfunctioning. Several items were returned with Atlantis: A malfunctioning Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) that was swapped out with a new one during STS-118, and the...
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    Two spares – ESP-3 FRAM-1 (top side), ESP-2 FRAM-5 (keel side) Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) weight 600 lb × 4 units on Z1 Truss (two CMGs have been replaced...
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  • of its launch. The spacecraft suffered a failure in one of its control moment gyroscopes in January 2019, and operations were unable to be recovered. It...
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    the ISS Program at L3. The Z1 contains four large gyroscopic devices, called Control Moment Gyroscope (CMGs), which are used to maneuver the space station...
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    this data. To this he added a gyroscope to allow for the yaw of the firing ship. Like the plotter, the primitive gyroscope of the time required substantial...
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  • Michael and St George, a British and Commonwealth honour Control moment gyroscope, attitude control device used on spacecraft Corumbá International Airport...
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    Controller (RPCM) that failed in late April, causing a loss of power in Control Moment Gyroscope No. 2 (CMG 2). A failed Remote Power Controller Module was responsible...
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    on SpaceX CRS 25 and installed in its place) FRAM-5 (top side) Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG SN104) launched on ELC-1 FRAM-6 (keel side) Nitrogen Tank...
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    Space Shuttle Discovery, docked to the station, and delivered a Control Moment Gyroscope to replace one failed unit and the External stowage platform 2...
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    October 2008. Malik, Tariq (1 August 2005). "Shuttle Astronauts Repair ISS Gyroscope in Second Spacewalk". Space.com. Archived from the original on 31 January...
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    Discharge Unit, a station robotic arm Latching End Effector, a Control Moment Gyroscope, a Nitrogen Tank Assembly, a Pump Module, a Plasma Contactor Unit...
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    Micromachined inertial sensors Fibre-Optic Gyroscope (FOG) Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope (HRG) Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) Star tracker Terrain referenced...
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    truss, launched aboard STS-92 in October 2000. It contains the control moment gyroscope (CMG) assemblies, electrical wiring, communications equipment,...
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