NASA-STD-8719.14A (W/ CHANGE 1), NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: PROCESS FOR LIMITING ORBITAL DEBRIS (25-MAY-2012)

NASA-STD-8719.14A (W/ CHANGE 1), NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: PROCESS FOR LIMITING ORBITAL DEBRIS (25-MAY-2012)., This NASA-STD is published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide uniform engineering and technical requirements for processes, procedures, practices, and methods that have been endorsed as standard for NASA programs and projects, including requirements for selection, application, and design criteria of an item. This NASA-STD is approved for use by NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities. This NASA-STD may be applied on contracts for spacecraft, instrument, or launch vehicle contractors per contractual documentation. Use of this NASA-STD is the responsibility of the user. Collision with orbital debris is a risk of growing concern as historically-accepted practices and procedures have allowed artificial objects to accumulate in Earth orbit. To limit future debris generation, NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 8715.6, “NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris,” requires each program and project to conduct a formal assessment of the potential to generate orbital debris during deployment, mission operations, and after the mission has been terminated. This NASA-STD serves as a companion to NPR 8715.6 and provides each NASA program and project with specific requirements and assessment methods to assure compliance with the NPR. This document is required to be used for orbital debris assessments for all payloads, launch vehicle orbital stages, and released objects as required by NPR 8715.6. NASA-Handbook (NASA-HDBK) 8719.14 serves as a reference document to assist orbital debris practioners and program/project management in understanding the technical, physical, and political aspects of orbital debris. Note: This NASA-STD superceded NASA Safety Standard (NSS) 1740.14, Guidelines and Assessment Procedures for Limiting Orbital Debris. NPR 8715.6 paragraph P.2.3 permits limited use of this document for long-standing NASA programs. This NASA-STD is consistent with the objectives of the U.S. National Space Policy of the United States of America (June 2010), the U.S. Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices (February 2001), the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines (October 2002), the Space and Missile Center Orbital Debris Handbook, Technical Report on Space Debris (July 2002), the space debris mitigation guidelines of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, (A/AC.105/720, 1999 and A/AC.105/890, Feb 2007). The requirements contained within this NASA-STD (and NPR 8715.6) encompass the requirements within the U.S. Government Mitigation Standard Practices, the IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, and the United Nations documents cited above and therefore imply compliance with the requirements in those documents.