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This book de-emphasizes the formal mathematical description of spacecraft on-board attitude and orbit applications in favor of a more qualitative, concept-oriented presentation of these topics. The information presented in this book was originally given as a set of lectures in 1999 and 2000 instigated by a NASA Flight Software Branch Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center. The Branch Chief later suggested this book. It provides an approachable insight into the area and is not intended as an essential reference work. ACS Without an Attitude is intended for programmers and testers new to the field who are seeking a commonsense understanding of the subject matter they are coding and testing in the hope that they will reduce their risk of introducing or missing the key software bug that causes an abrupt termination in their spacecraft’s mission. In addition, the book will provide managers and others working with spacecraft with a basic understanding of this subject.

Computer science. --- Special purpose computers. --- Software engineering. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Computer Science. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Software Engineering. --- Space vehicles --- Artificial satellites --- Attitude control systems. --- Attitude control systems (Astronautics) --- Satellite attitude control --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Computer software engineering --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Astronautical instruments --- Control systems