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MEMS gyroscopes are increasingly replacing fiber-optic gyros for small satellite attitude determination due to lower _______.

  1. accuracy
  2. cost and mass
  3. reliability
  4. power consumption

Answer: cost and mass

Micro-electromechanical systems gyros offer adequate performance for CubeSat/nanosat ADCS at fraction of FOG cost/mass; commercial availability enables proliferation.

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