Monografiya posvyashchena izucheniyu printsipov postroeniya i obshchikh podkhodov k razrabotke bortovykh sistem upravleniya orientatsiey kosmicheskikh apparatov, prednaznachennykh dlya obespecheniya zadach svyazi, tele- kommunikatsiy, meteorologicheskikh nablyudeniy, distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli, global'nogo monitoringa, a takzhe orbital'nykh stantsiy nauchnogo naznacheniya. Rassmotreny statisticheskie metody analiza, sinteza i algoritmy pretsizionnogo vysokodinamichnogo upravleniya orientatsiey dannymi ob"ektami dlya zadannykh rabochikh rezhimov i usloviy ekspluatatsii. Bol'shoe vnimanie udeleno rassmotreniyu inzhenernykh primerov i resheniyu konkretnykh zadach iz oblasti sistem upravleniya kosmicheskimi apparatami.