| ▲ | Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf](osti.gov) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 points by walrus01 3 days ago | 7 comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | snthd 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits. https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | snthd 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ck2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
could LEO sats have pitot tubes? would they work at ultra-low drag? my Stryd has a pitot tube and can detect 1mph wind fairly accurately some advanced drones also have pitot tubes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||