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An improved fluid actuating system for imparting motion to a body such as a spacecraft is disclosed. The fluid actuating system consists of a fluid mass that may be controllably accelerated through at least one fluid path whereby an opposite acceleration is experienced by the spacecraft. For full co

An improved fluid actuating system for imparting motion to a body such as a spacecraft is disclosed. The fluid actuating system consists of a fluid mass that may be controllably accelerated through at least one fluid path whereby an opposite acceleration is experienced by the spacecraft. For full control of the spacecraft\s orientation, the system would include a plurality of fluid paths. The fluid paths may be circular or irregular, and the fluid paths may located on the interior or exterior of the spacecraft.

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In a spacecraft, an attitude control system for imparting movement to the spacecraft, comprising: a main body portion having a mass center; fluid path means for enabling a fluid to circulate about the mass center of the main body portion, said fluid path means defining a mass centroidal axis and inc

In a spacecraft, an attitude control system for imparting movement to the spacecraft, comprising: a main body portion having a mass center; fluid path means for enabling a fluid to circulate about the mass center of the main body portion, said fluid path means defining a mass centroidal axis and including a plurality of looped paths through which said fluid can circulate; a common centralized pumping means for pumping said fluid through said looped paths, each of the plurality of looped paths extending radially outward from the common centralized pumping means, a portion of each of the plurality of looped paths being positioned radially beyond the mass center of the main body portion.