Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, recently conducted a trajectory analysis to determine the location of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft's disintegration. The incident, referred to by SpaceX as a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly,' occurred over the Bahamas, with debris passing over Turks and Caicos at an altitude of approximately 120 km (75 miles).
McDowell's analysis indicates that the debris likely fell into the sea north of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands a few minutes after passing over Turks and Caicos. The precise location of the spacecraft's breakup provides valuable data for SpaceX as they investigate the cause of the incident.
