Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee : Annual Meet
India, through ISRO, aims to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030, as declared at the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet.
- This initiative seeks the participation of all Indian space actors, governmental and non-governmental, to ensure long-term sustainability in outer space.
- ISRO has a comprehensive plan for space exploration and utilization, with a focus on disposing of non-functional spacecraft and preventing the creation of debris.
- The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) is an international intergovernmental forum that coordinates activities related to man-made and natural debris in space.
- The IADC was founded on October 25, 1993, to coordinate efforts to deal with debris in orbit around the Earth.
- The IADC is recognized as the internationally recognized technical authority on space debris.
