Image motion compensation(IMC) is the key technology of a high-resolution space camera. Image motion speed is seperated into two vectors in the image coordinate for existence of the drift angle:the forward direction image motion speed and the crosswise image motion speed.In fact
drift angle control eliminates the crosswise image motion speed
so it is a part of image motion compensation. Different kind space cameras use different image motion compensation methods and drift angle controls
respectively. The applications of drift angle control in the mechanical image motion compensation and electronic image motion compensation are introduced and analyzed in this paper.The drift angle control method in a TDICCD image tansfer space camera is emphasized.