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    Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meeting held

    Posted 17 Apr 2024

    Updated 22 Apr 2024

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    • In the meeting, the ISRO Chief announced that India aims to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030.
    • Space debris refers to all non-functional, artificial objects, in Earth's orbit or re-entering into Earth’s atmosphere. 

     

    • Need for mitigating space debris
      • Threat to space exploration: Collisions with debris can disable an operational spacecraft, smaller debris can scour components like optics and solar panels, etc. 
      • Kessler syndrome: Uncontrolled growth of debris can lead to an escalating cascade of collisions, known as the Kessler syndrome
      • Risk to life on Earth: Large space debris that reenter the atmosphere in an uncontrolled way can survive reentry to reach Earth’s surface, creating risk to the population on the ground. 

     

    • Initiatives for space debris mitigation
      • By ISRO
        •  ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Space Operations Management (IS4OM) for   efficient information on on-orbit collision, fragmentation, etc. 
        • Project NETRA (Network for Space Objects Tracking and Analysis) for Establishing a space surveillance and tracking network with RADARS and Optical Telescopes. 
      • Global
        • REMOVEDEBRIS to perform key active debris removal (ADR) technology demonstrations.
        • UN Liability Convention (Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Object), 1972 
        • UN Registration Convention (Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space), 1976

     

    About IADC 

    • Genesis: Established in 1993 as an international forum for space agencies, organizations, and governmental bodies.
    • Purpose:
      • Exchange information on space debris research activities between member space agencies.
      • Facilitate opportunities for cooperation in space debris research.
      • Identify debris mitigation options.
    • Function: IADC provides technical recommendations to the world space communities. It is not a regulatory organization.
    • Members: Space agencies of 13 countries including India (ISRO), US (NASA), Russia, France, UK, EU, China, Germany, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Ukraine, and Italy.
    • Tags :
    • ISRO
    • Space debries
    • Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee

    Articles Sources

    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-aims-to-achieve-debris-free-space-missions-by-2030/a https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/topics/space-debris/index.html#:~:text=The%20United%20Nations https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150003818/downloads/20150003818.pdf
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