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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.

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 15, 2026 at 10:24:44 UTC

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