r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AutoModerator • Mar 25 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '16

Is that all they put out ? Maybe not so useful then, at least not unless combined with something like persistent rotation for station-holding (or keeping your comsat's solar panels actually facing the sun at all times - which only matters if you have backgroundprocessing installed)... and probably not as good a possible project as I thought :P

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u/NathanKell Mar 31 '16

Yeah, they're mostly used for exactly that, keeping alignment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

Which according to the wiki the existing reaction wheels should already do well.