(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Zero Debris Charter

(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Zero Debris Charter

(JUNE-2024)

Zero Debris Charter

• As many as 12 countries have signed the Zero Debris Charter at the European Space Agency (ESA) /EU Space Council. 

About the Zero Debris Charter

• The Zero Debris Charter is a world-leading initiative aiming to achieve a debris-neutral state in space by 2030.

• It combines high-level principles with ambitious targets set collaboratively by signatories to minimize future debris generation.

• Signatory countries include Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Space Debris

• Space debris encompass both natural meteoroid and artificial orbital debris. Meteroids are in orbit about the sun, while most artificial debris is in orbit about the Earth.

Man-made Debris

• This includes defunct satellites, spent rocket bodies, fragments from collisions, and debris from anti-satellite tests.

• There are currently over one million pieces of debris larger than one centimeter orbiting Earth, posing a significant threat.

Initiatives for Space Debris Mitigation India

• Debris Free Space Missions (DFSM) by 2030: Implemented by ISRO as part of the System for Safe & Sustainable Space Operations Management (IS4OM).

• Project NETRA (NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis): Focuses on space situational awareness.

Global

• Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee: Facilitates worldwide coordination of space debris-related activities.

• Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines: Established by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

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Courtesy: Science Reporter