🔥 Draco: Atmospheric Reentry from the Inside | ESA Space Safety 🛰️

Описание: 🔥 Over nearly 70 years of spaceflight, around 10,000 intact satellites and rocket bodies have reentered Earth’s atmosphere — with many more yet to come 🌍🛰️. Despite how common this is, we still don’t fully understand what happens inside a satellite during its final, fiery moments.

🚀 To change this, ESA is preparing the Draco mission (Destructive Reentry Assessment Container Object), designed to collect unique, real-world data from inside a satellite as it breaks apart during atmospheric reentry 🔥📡.

🛰️ Planned for launch in 2027, Draco will include a specially designed survivable capsule that will transmit critical telemetry just hours after launch, providing unprecedented insight into the breakup process.

♻️ Draco is a key part of ESA’s Zero Debris approach, which aims to stop the creation of new space debris by 2030. Future spacecraft will be “designed for demise” — engineered to disintegrate safely, cleanly, and completely at the end of their missions.

🌫️ Understanding satellite reentries is also vital for studying their impact on Earth’s atmosphere. While ground tests help, real-life reentry data has been missing — until now.

🛡️ Data from Draco will improve reentry modelling, enhance design-for-demise technologies, and help maintain Europe’s leadership in sustainable spaceflight.

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