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title: Orientation of Satellite and Y-axis spin
tags: [Satellite, CubeSat, quaternion orientation]

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###### tags: `CubeSat` `Satellite` `quaternion orientation`
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# Orientation of Satellite and Y-axis spin
>[color=red]**X** is the line tangential to the forward motion of the spacecraft. 
>**Z** is the radial line pointing toward the center of the Earth. 
>**Y** is the line 90° to the other two axes

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## Formosat-8
|特性|數值|
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|飛行高度|500 ~ 600km|
|飛行速度|7500m/s|
∆ 可用Google Earth 模擬
## Y-axis Spin
The y-axis spin rate is chosen such that, when a boom is deployed along the z-axis in a later phase, the y-axis spin rate coincides with the angular change of the spacecraft in orbit about the Earth. In a nearly circular orbit, this conveniently fixes the spacecraft body axes to the orbit tangent-normal-radial (TNR) reference frame. If deployed with the boom pointing to nadir, the gravity gradient restoring forces stabilize the system as well.

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