PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPACE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT

• Space debris = defunct human-made objects in orbit (dead satellites, spent rocket bodies, fragmentation debris) that threaten operational assets via hypervelocity collision.
• India's response is anchored in ISRO's IS4OM (ISRO System for Safe & Sustainable Space Operations Management) and the Debris Free Space Mission (DFSM) targeting zero debris by 2030.
• Relevant for GS-III (Sci-Tech, Space) and GS-II (international institutions — IADC, UNCOPUOS).