Post 9 of 10 in a series about how cheap drones changed warfare.
Thanks as always!! Rocking DownRange Data sticker on the water bottle at work now!
Pics or it didn't happen.
Minor nitpick: one cannot calculate a satellite's mass from its orbit. A 1kg cubesat and the ISS, placed in the same spot with the same velocity, will fly exactly the same in vacuum. This doesn't change the argument at all, hence minor.
Thanks as always!! Rocking DownRange Data sticker on the water bottle at work now!
Pics or it didn't happen.
Minor nitpick: one cannot calculate a satellite's mass from its orbit. A 1kg cubesat and the ISS, placed in the same spot with the same velocity, will fly exactly the same in vacuum. This doesn't change the argument at all, hence minor.