Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf]

Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf](osti.gov)

10 points by walrus01 2 days ago | 4 comments

snthd 1 hour ago |

https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti....

snthd 1 hour ago |

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

https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht...

stymaar 1 hour ago | |

Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead.

voxleone 54 minutes 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?