Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)



Published on 11 Mar 2025

• Recently, the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet was held in Bengaluru.

• During the meet, India has made a declaration to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030.

• This initiative seeks the participation of all Indian space actors, governmental and non-governmental, to ensure long-term sustainability in outer space.

• The IADC was founded in 1993, to coordinate efforts to deal with man-made and natural debris in space orbiting around the Earth.

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