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In 2007, the ISO began preparing an international standard for space-debris mitigation. [181] By 2010, ISO had published "a comprehensive set of space system engineering standards aimed at mitigating space debris. [with primary requirements] defined in the top-level standard, ISO 24113." By 2017, the standards were nearly complete.
The exact method used to make orbital adjustments differs based on what controls are available on the spacecraft. Collision avoidance maneuvers are sometimes also called Debris Avoidance Maneuvers (DAMs) when the offending object is an article of space debris.
Within national regimes, where national governments can control the launch licenses of launch vehicles and spacecraft, there are some enforceable requirements for passivation. The U.S. government has a set of standard practices for civilian ( NASA ) and military ( DoD / USSF ) orbital debris mitigation that require passivation for space ...
In 1995 NASA was the first space agency in the world to issue a comprehensive set of orbital debris mitigation guidelines. Two years later, the U.S. Government developed a set of Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices, based on the NASA guidelines.
ISO 24113: the top-level standard for the (voluntary) mitigation of orbital space debris [3] ISO 24153:2009 Random sampling and randomization procedures ISO 24155:2016 Hydrometry – Hydrometric data transmission systems – Specification of system requirements
NASA said the debris was from SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, which launched to space on Aug. 26, 2023, then returned after a six-month expedition at the space station.
Space debris mitigation measures are found to be inadequate to stabilize debris environments with an actual current compliance of approximately sixty percent. [18] Moreover, a low compliance rate of approximately thirty percent of the 103 spacecraft that reached end of life between 1997 and 2003 were disposed of in a graveyard orbit. [ 18 ]
The ODCWG recognizes that the mitigation of orbital space debris is an international concern, thus international, comprehensive and cohesive standards (namely ISO TC20/SC14) must be adopted to address the issue. [1] Currently six standards projects are in development, and a further seven project proposals are being prepared.