Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf]

30 points by walrus01 3 days ago

Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.

WalterGR - 3 hours ago

Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848227
stymaar - 6 hours ago

Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead.
- voxleone - 6 hours ago
  
  >>AI writing is everywhere -- except here. This website is written by Dr. Tony Phillips, a carbon-based lifeform with 30 yrs of forecasting experience.
  Could they be lying?
  - jagged-chisel - 3 hours ago
    
    You can’t lie on the Internet.

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