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11 years ago
Please show the calculations.
Assume the altitude is 330 nautical miles.
What information? You can find all the dimensions you need on internet. Its the Hubble space telescope.
I am taking astro-dynamics. There is no trick. HST is in thermosphere. There is a light atmosphere there. Its not reasonable to avoid the drag if you are thinking to place a satellite(HST) at 330nm.
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11 years ago
The Hubble Telescope is in the vacuum of open space, and experiences no drag at all.

Sounds like your teacher is trying to trick you up with a trick question.
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11 years ago
The drag coefficient for Hubble is 1.3. This value is true for any cylindrical object orbiting the earth at nearly that altitude. Please note this is an approximate value. It may change. I recommend try it at some library.
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