SpaceX Moves Dragon Aircraft Landing Site

Dragon spacecraft for NASA Crew missions (photo: dock. SpaceX)

JAKARTA SpaceX space company revealed that the location of the Dragon spacecraft's landing will be moved. This decision was made to reduce the risk of debris re-entry. Starting next year, Dragon's landing site, which was previously off the coast of Florida, will be moved to the West Coast. According to the company, the West Coast is a very safe location if there is Dragon debris that passes during de-orbit. "After a review and consideration of all potential solutions, coupled with new knowledge of standard industrial models and that Dragon's channel was not burned out during re-entry, the SpaceX team concluded that the most effective path forward is a return to the West Coast recovery operation," SpaceX said. This location transfer was carried out after SpaceX discovered the rest of Dragon's aircraft trunk for the Crew-1 mission from NASA in 2022. The debris was discovered in Australia. In addition, there were three other infall cases in the past six months. One of the most talked about cases was the collapse of Dragon's plane debris in a resident's house named Alejandro Otero. The rest of the plane trunk that escaped the burning in this atmosphere chartered Otero's house in Naples, Florida.

Although there was no damage to the structure or injury, this problem needed to be addressed so that they moved the landing site or recovery. In addition, SpaceX will also stop the removal of baggage during the return process to Earth. "Furthermore, SpaceX applies material changes to certain components of Dragon's baggage to further increase the chances of burning baggage during re-entry into the atmosphere," explains SpaceX. Dragon aircraft will use the latest software that can run de-orbit burning before the rod is thrown out. The rocket rod for this aircraft will be placed on the re-entry track as usual so that landings can be made off the California coast.