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☄️ Low-Earth-Orbit Decay Lab: Atmospheric Drag, Solar Activity and Re-entry Lifetime

Watch a satellite sink through the thermosphere: tune ballistic coefficient, solar flux F10.7 and geomagnetic storms, and see decay rate, speed-up, station-keeping delta-v and re-entry lifetime from orbit-averaged drag, checked against a direct RK4 integration. Unlike the existing debris and re-entry sims, this one models the orbit-decay phase itself.

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Watch a satellite sink through the thermosphere: tune ballistic coefficient, solar flux F10.7 and geomagnetic storms, and see decay rate, speed-up, station-keeping delta-v and re-entry lifetime from orbit-averaged drag, checked against a direct RK4 integration. Unlike the existing debris and re-entry sims, this one models the orbit-decay phase itself.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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