attitude (spacecraft)

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• attitude — [at′ə to͞od΄, at′ətyo͞od΄] n. [Fr < It attitudine, attitude, aptness < LL aptitudo (gen. aptitudinis) < L aptus, APT1] 1. the position or posture assumed by the body in connection with an action, feeling, mood, etc. [to kneel in an… …   English World dictionary

• Spacecraft — Spaceship redirects here. For other uses, see Spaceship (disambiguation). More than 100 Russian Soyuz manned spacecraft (TMA version shown) have flown since 1967, originally for a Soviet manned lunar program, but currently supporting the… …   Wikipedia

• Attitude dynamics and control — The attitude of a body is its orientation as perceived in a certain frame of reference; providing a vector along which a spacecraft is pointing is a description of its attitude. Dynamics is the term for the modeling of changing conditions, due to …   Wikipedia

• Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …   Wikipedia

• Attitude control system — In spaceflight, the attitude control system (ACS) or attitude determination and control (ADAC) system of a spacecraft consists of equipment to measure, report and change the orientation of the vehicle. [cite web… …   Wikipedia

• Spacecraft design — The design of spacecraft covers a broad area, including the design of both robotic spacecraft (satellites and planetary probes), and spacecraft for human spaceflight (spaceships and space stations). The design of spacecraft is somewhat related to …   Wikipedia

• Spacecraft Monitoring & Control — The Spacecraft Monitoring Control (SM C) Working Group of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems ( [http://www.ccsds.org CCSDS] ), which sees the active participation of 10 space agencies and of the Space Domain Task Force of the… …   Wikipedia

• spacecraft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spaceship, rocket, transport (see astronautics). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rocket, spaceship, shuttle, space shuttle, space station, satellite, flying saucer, capsule, unidentified flying object (UFO),… …   English dictionary for students

• attitude gyro — i. A gyro operated flight instrument that indicates the attitude of an aircraft or spacecraft with respect to a reference coordinate system throughout 360° of rotation about each axis of the craft. This instrument is similar to the artificial… …   Aviation dictionary

• attitude — n. 1 a a settled opinion or way of thinking. b behaviour reflecting this (I don t like his attitude). 2 a a bodily posture. b a pose adopted in a painting or a play, esp. for dramatic effect (strike an attitude). 3 the position of an aircraft,… …   Useful english dictionary

• attitude — noun Etymology: French, from Italian attitudine, literally, aptitude, from Late Latin aptitudin , aptitudo fitness more at aptitude Date: 1668 1. the arrangement of the parts of a body or figure ; posture 2. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary