Difference between revisions of "Yaw"

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Yaw refers to rotation around the vertical axis; the motion side to side of a vehicles nose. It is one of the Six Degrees of Freedom which describes any possible motion in a 3 dimensional space. In Orbiter the RCS system is frequently used to make these attitude changes.