Re: Question About Atmospheric Drag

From: Jah, Moriba via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 02:33:17 +0000
It’s just orbital velocity and atmospheric density ratios right?

Moriba Jah, Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department
Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
512-471-0717 | moriba_at_utexas.edu

Kayla Kitashima
Executive Assistant
team.moriba_at_outlook.com
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From: Seesat-l <seesat-l-bounces_at_lists.seesatmail.org> on behalf of Anthony Mallama via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:22:30 PM
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Subject: Question About Atmospheric Drag

Hi,

I am trying to estimate the ratio of the drag on a satellite at 550 km
versus one with the same shape at 350 km. Can anyone inform me? Thanks.

Best regards,

Tony Mallama


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