Jeroen VAN DEN EYNDE, Beatriz JILETE, Alex ROSENBAUM, Stijn LEMMENS

DOI Number: N/A

Conference number: HiSST-2024-267

The Destructive Re-entry Assessment Container Object (DRACO) project is an ESA mission with the aim of improving the understanding of spacecraft demise processes. DRACO consists of a fully representative satellite that will undergo a controlled destructive re-entry from Low Earth Orbit. The satellite hosts a dedicated instrument that will measure a variety of parameters on specific objects of interest within the host during the re-entry, in addition to recording visual and infrared imagery. The instrument also includes a capsule designed to survive the destructive re-entry and transmit the obtained data back to ground. The current paper provides a general status overview of the ongoing developments of the DRACO mission.

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