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NASA Orbital Debris Program

NASA's long-running space-safety program for measuring, modeling, mitigating, and remediating orbital debris and protecting current and future space missions.

NASA Orbital Debris Program
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Identity

Aliases
NASA Orbital Debris Program OfficeODPOOrbital Debris Program
Domains
spaceflight
Name
NASA Orbital Debris Program
Status
active
Types
operationsresearchdevelopmentinfrastructure

Details

Description
NASA's long-running space-safety program for measuring, modeling, mitigating, and remediating orbital debris and protecting current and future space missions.
Leads
Participants
-
Start Date
1979

Assets & Meta

Creation Time
August 15, 2026 at 10:24:44 UTC
Updated Time
August 21, 2026 at 12:25:09 UTC
Image
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Other

Official Urls
https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-orbital-debris/https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/mitigation/index.htmlhttps://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PR_8715_006E_&page_name=Preface