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Spin-stabilization is used on rockets and spacecraft where attitude control is required without the requirement for on-board 3-axis propulsion or mechanisms, and sensors for attitude control and pointing. On rockets with a solid motor upper stage, spin stabilization is used to keep the motor from
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and depended on the second stage for proper orientation prior to stage separation, but was sometimes equipped with a nutation control system to maintain proper spin axis. It also included a yo-weight system to induce tumbling in the third stage after payload separation to prevent recontact, or a
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With advancements in attitude control propulsion systems, guidance systems, and the needs for satellites to point instruments and communications systems precisely, 3-axis attitude control has become much more common than spin-stabilization for systems operating in space.
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rocket motors that were spin-stabilized in order to inject the satellites into the high-energy hyperbolic orbits necessary to achieve solar system escape velocity. Additionally, both probes were spin-stabilized during their flights and rotated at approximately 5
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rocket booster sits on top of spin table, and before it is separated it is spun up to stabilize it during the separation from the previous stage. The Delta II launch vehicle third stage employed a Star 48 motor and was
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drifting off course as they don't have their own thrusters. Usually small rockets are used to spin up the spacecraft and rocket then fire the rocket and send the craft off.
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launch vehicles used spin-stabilization. The upper stages on both system employ spin-stabilization to stabilize the system during propulsive maneuvers.
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Theory and Design Curves for a Yo-Yo De-Spin Mechanism for Satellites
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probes on two Atlas Centaur vehicles in 1972 and 1973 employed
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Despinning can be achieved by various techniques, including
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was spin-stabilized and arrived at Jupiter orbit in 2016.
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along the longitudinal axis. The concept originates from
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prior to its attempted landing on Mars in October 2016.
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spacecraft, the second object sent on a lunar flyby in
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mechanism to slow the rotation before payload release.
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was spun up to 2.5 RPM before being ejected from the
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Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space, V. 1
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Rockets and spacecraft that use spin stabilization:
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Method of stabilizing a satellite or launch vehicle
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Index

Spin-stabilisation
aerospace engineering
satellite
launch vehicle
rotation
conservation of angular momentum
ballistics
rifling
three-axis stabilization
Jupiter-C
Minotaur V
Aryabhata
Pioneer 4
1959
Schiaparelli EDM lander
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Juno
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 11
Star 37
Star 48
spin-stabilized
yo-yo de-spin
yo-yo de-spin
Gyroscope
Spin-stabilized satellite
"Jupiter-C/Explorer 1"
"Minotaur V High Energy Space Launch Vehicle"
"An overview of the 'Aryabhata' project"
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