Gravity-gradient stabilization or tidal stabilization is a passive method of stabilizing artificial satellites or space tethers in a fixed orientation using only the mass distribution of the orbited b
Transit-O (Operational) navigation satellite with a gravity boom
The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS, was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The radio navigation system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurat
Gravity-gradient stabilization
…form of heat from the viscous drag of the fluid. This system was more effective than the damping spring-and-weight system used on a previously launched Transit satellite in that it provided equal damping about all three axes of the satellite while the older damper provided no damping about the yaw axis and…
Transit 1A
Transit 1B
Transit 3A
Transit 5A