ESA Draco spacecraft will study how satellites burn up during re-entry to Earth

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to launch a satellite into space only to destroy it. That satellite will fly, reach its destination and then die for a specific purpose. reports According to ESA, ESA wants to see how a satellite breaks up during re-entry to Earth. ESA has given a contract to a European company for this mission. Currently the mission has been named Destructive Reentry Assessment Containment Object (DRACO). The only goal of the DRACO spacecraft will be to collect data related to it when it is destroyed after re-entry to Earth.

According to the report of Space.com, this mission is planned to be launched in the year 2027. According to the report, through the mission ESA wants to understand how a satellite breaks. If this can be detected, then in future satellites can be designed in such a way that they will not break even if they make a wrong re-entry to the Earth.

ESA’s mission will also help in knowing what effect the re-entry of a spacecraft has on the environment. How spacecraft and their parts interact with our atmosphere. Because of them no by-product is formed.

What is DRACO Spacecraft

The size of DRACO spacecraft will be that of a washing machine. The spacecraft weighing 200 kg will be designed to break like a normal spacecraft. However, a 40 cm capsule will be installed in it, which will be safe and will record all the data. After the satellite breaks up, the capsule will be brought down with the help of parachute. During this time, 4 cameras installed in the DRACO spacecraft will record how the spacecraft breaks.

Countries around the world launch missions into space. After the mission is completed, the satellites keep wandering in the space around the Earth and re-enter the Earth several times.