An illustration of DRACO getting destroyed in Earth’s atmosphere. | Image: ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it re-enters the atmosphere. The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that they can learn how to prevent the creation of more space debris.
Space junk is becoming a bigger problem as we send more satellites into orbit, but there are efforts to try and address it. This mission is ...
