India Has 111 Payloads, 105 Space Debris Objects Orbiting Earth: Centre
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The minister said that research and studies on the potential and emerging threats from space debris are carried out by ISRO and academia since the early 1990s.
India has 111 payloads and 105 space debris objects orbiting the earth as tracked and catalogued by USSPACECOM, Union minister Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
In a written reply, Mr Singh said all orbiting debris will have an impact on the sustainability of outer space and future missions and added that ISRO has been carrying out many studies on the impacts of growing space debris on the space environment.
Mr Singh said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has carried out 21 collision avoidance manoeuvres of Indian Operational Space assets in 2022 to avoid collision threats from other space objects.
The minister said that research and studies on the potential and emerging threats from space debris are carried out by ISRO and academia since the early 1990s.