PX4-Autopilot/docs/en/msg_docs/VehicleAttitude.md
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# VehicleAttitude (UORB message)
This is similar to the mavlink message ATTITUDE_QUATERNION, but for onboard use. The quaternion uses the Hamilton convention, and the order is q(w, x, y, z).
**TOPICS:** vehicle_attitude vehicle_attitude_groundtruth external_ins_attitude estimator_attitude
## Fields
| Name | Type | Unit [Frame] | Range/Enum | Description |
| ------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| timestamp | `uint64` | | | time since system start (microseconds) |
| timestamp_sample | `uint64` | | | the timestamp of the raw data (microseconds) |
| q | `float32[4]` | | | Quaternion rotation from the FRD body frame to the NED earth frame |
| delta_q_reset | `float32[4]` | | | Amount by which quaternion has changed during last reset |
| quat_reset_counter | `uint8` | | | Quaternion reset counter |
## Constants
| Name | Type | Value | Description |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ----------- |
| <a id="#MESSAGE_VERSION"></a> MESSAGE_VERSION | `uint32` | 0 |
## Source Message
[Source file (GitHub)](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/msg/versioned/VehicleAttitude.msg)
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```c
# This is similar to the mavlink message ATTITUDE_QUATERNION, but for onboard use
# The quaternion uses the Hamilton convention, and the order is q(w, x, y, z)
uint32 MESSAGE_VERSION = 0
uint64 timestamp # time since system start (microseconds)
uint64 timestamp_sample # the timestamp of the raw data (microseconds)
float32[4] q # Quaternion rotation from the FRD body frame to the NED earth frame
float32[4] delta_q_reset # Amount by which quaternion has changed during last reset
uint8 quat_reset_counter # Quaternion reset counter
# TOPICS vehicle_attitude vehicle_attitude_groundtruth external_ins_attitude
# TOPICS estimator_attitude
```
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