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White House OSTP to Host Discussions Next Month on Orbital Debris

White House OSTP to Host Discussions Next Month on Orbital Debris
An artist's depiction of the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite tracking space debris. The 18th Space Control Squadron uses data collected from SBSS, and other sensors in the Space Surveillance Network, to track objects orbiting the earth, and provide Space Domain Awareness for space faring nations (U.s. Space Command Photo)

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is organizing a series of virtual listening sessions next month on potential solutions to the problem of orbital debris, as the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Orbital Debris Interagency Working Group develops an implementation plan for release next year. The implementation plan is to build on the January, 2021 National Orbital Debris Research and Development Plan which resulted from the June, 2018 Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3) for the United…

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