Attitude and Orbit Control System

B. E. Tossman has written:

'MAGSAT attitude control system design and performance' -- subject(s): Attitude control, Magsat satellites

Daniel John Paul Rankin has written:

'Integration, testing, and operations of the CanX-1 picosatellite and the design of the CanX-2 attitude determination and control system' -- subject(s): Nanosatellites, Control systems, Attitude control systems

Jerome H. Fine has written:

'An attitude control system to constrain the skin temperature of a manned lifting spacecraft during reentry into the earth's atmosphere' -- subject(s): Attitude control, Spacecraft reentry

The SM had 16 RCS thrusters (RCS stands for Reaction Control System).

The Command Module (CM) had an additional 12.