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Meanings of
reaction wheel
in English
Spanish
rueda de reaccion
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Type of flywheel used for three axis attitude control in spacecraft.
rw
momentum wheel
Spanish
rueda de reaccion
Usage of
reaction wheel
in English
1
First, the spacecraft team put Cassini's three
reaction
wheels
to work.
2
It has lost two of the four
reaction
wheels
it uses for fine-pointing.
3
Using the
reaction
wheels
again, they'll make two careful turns over the course of about 45 minutes.
4
In May 2013, the second of four
reaction
wheels
- used to control a spacecraft's orientation - failed on Kepler.
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Translations for
reaction wheel
Spanish
rueda de reaccion
rueda de reacción