How Jets Are Used to Attitude Control Satellites - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

Controlling the orientation of an object is called attitude control. Leonard Maunders shows how small jets are used to control the attitude of satellites.
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Watch the full second lecture of the series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion/gathering-momentum?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Leonard Maunder gave the 1983 Christmas Lectures "Machines in Motion" about motion on all scales - from atoms to locomotives to spaceships.

His second lecture looks at how Newton's laws apply to motion, with examples such as bows and arrows, rockets, and gyroscopes.

Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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