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Cosmoneer Proto => Guidance, Navigation and Control (CMG, Compass & microController) => : Cosmoneer April 18, 2017, 03:53:30 PM

: NASA's Small Spacecraft Body of Knowledge - CMGs
: Cosmoneer April 18, 2017, 03:53:30 PM
I visited NASA's new SSBK website and read section #5 on GNC.  Interestingly, Control Moment Gyros were not mentioned anywhere in that section.  Since CMGs are not good at high accuracy pointing (yet), I can only speculate that they were omitted since they are typically not chosen for space missions where accurate pointing is required.

https://sst-soa.arc.nasa.gov/05-guidance-navigation-and-control (https://sst-soa.arc.nasa.gov/05-guidance-navigation-and-control)

This knowledgebase will be in constant flux, so I expect this to change in the future.