Calculating atmospheric drag on satellites for a Cubesat [pdf]

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

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

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/