11 points | by walrus01 3 days ago ago
5 comments
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/
https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti....
Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.
https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht...
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?
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/
https://web.archive.org/web/20260924014030/https://www.osti....
Related - spaceweather.com measure drag using the decay of starlink orbits.
https://spaceweather.com/starlink/starlink_drag_explainer.ht...
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?