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GYROSCOPIC COUPLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Gyroscopic coupling means that when the spacecraft was spinning about its roll axis, this roll momentum causes the spacecraft to behave more like a spinning top than a simple rigid body. If you push a top so as to tip it over away from you, it tips to the left instead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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