>The drag coefficient was the headline: 12% better than our design target.
Is the drag much better than a regular cubesat? It doesn't look tremendously aerodynamic. From the description I was kind of expecting a design that minimized frontal area.
>Additional surface treatments will improve drag coefficient further.
Is surface drag that much of a contributor at orbital velocity?
Is the drag much better than a regular cubesat? It doesn't look tremendously aerodynamic. From the description I was kind of expecting a design that minimized frontal area.
>Additional surface treatments will improve drag coefficient further.
Is surface drag that much of a contributor at orbital velocity?