At about 120 km altitude the mean free path of air is roughly 3 m. A satellite of characteristic length 2 m passes through. Find , state the regime, and say whether the methods of this module could predict its drag.
At about 120 km altitude the mean free path of air is roughly 3 m. A satellite of characteristic length 2 m passes through. Find Kn, state the regime, and say whether the methods of this module could predict its drag.