Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf] 3 days ago (osti.gov) 7 comments walrus01 Reply Add to library snthd 9 hours ago Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht... WalterGR 6 hours ago Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848227 stymaar 9 hours ago Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead. voxleone 8 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? 1 reply → snthd 9 hours ago https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti.... ck2 7 hours ago 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 accuratelysome advanced drones also have pitot tubes* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube* https://store.3dr.com/pitot-tube-set/
snthd 9 hours ago Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht... WalterGR 6 hours ago Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848227 stymaar 9 hours ago Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead. voxleone 8 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? 1 reply →
stymaar 9 hours ago Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead. voxleone 8 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? 1 reply →
voxleone 8 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? 1 reply →
ck2 7 hours ago 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 accuratelysome advanced drones also have pitot tubes* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube* https://store.3dr.com/pitot-tube-set/
Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.
https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht...
Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848227
Clever idea, too bad they didn't bother writing down their blog post themselves and posted AI slop instead.
>>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?
1 reply →
https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti....
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
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube
* https://store.3dr.com/pitot-tube-set/