March 2023 | Volume 27 - Issue 1

• Two More On-orbit Fragmentations in 2022
• International Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Debris for the Third Time in 2022
• NASA Releases History of On-orbit Satellite Fragmentations Update
• Robert C. "Bob" Reynolds Passes Away
• Updates of the Eugene Stansbery-Meter Class Autonomous Telescope for Geosynchronous Orbit Survey Operations
• SpaceX Crew-4 Post-flight Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Inspection
• Goldstone Orbital Debris Radar Measurements of the Orbital Debris Environment: 2020-2021
• Meeting Reports
• Upcoming Meetings
• Monthly Object Type Charts by Number and Mass
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

December 2022 | Volume 26 - Issue 4

• International Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Another Russian ASAT Fragment
• DebriSat Analysis and Shape Categorization
• The Influence of Fragmentations and Mission-related Objects on the Space Environment
• Abstracts from the NASA ODPO
• Abstracts from the NASA HVIT Group
• Conference and Workshop Reports
• Save the Date for IOC II
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

September 2022 | Volume 26 - Issue 3

• International Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Russian ASAT Fragment
• On-orbit Fragmentation in July
• DAS Version 3.2.2 Release
• HUSIR Radar Measurements of OD Environment: 2021
• Analysis of ISS-related Returned Surfaces
• Updates to Thermal Demise Model in ORSAT, Version 7.0
• New ODPO Logo
• Conference Report
• Save the Date for IOC II
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

June 2022 | Volume 26 - Issue 2

• ORDEM and MEM on the Cloud
• Recent Fragmentation of an Ullage Motor
• Additional Minor Breakup Identified in Fourth Quarter 2021
• ORDEM 3.2 Flux Assessment
• SBRAM Update
• HUSIR Radar Measurements of the Orbital Debris Environment: 2020
• Upcoming Meetings
• Orbital Debris Environment Plots
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

March 2022 | Volume 26 - Issue 1

• The Intentional Destruction of Cosmos 1408
• ORDEM 3.2 Release
• DAS 3.2 Release
• International Space Station Maneuvers Twice to Avoid Fragmentation Debris
• Two Minor Breakup Events in Fourth Quarter of 2021
• Conference and Workshop Reports
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

December 2021 | Volume 25 - Issue 4

• Accidental Collision of YunHai 1-02
• Updated NASA Technical Standard for Limiting Orbital Debris
• Experimental Hypervelocity Impacts of Non-Spherical Projectiles on Whipple Shields
• Analysis of NOAA-17 Breakup Fragments
• Conference and Meeting Reports
• Abstracts from NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

September 2021 | Volume 25 - Issue 3

• 2021 UN COPUOS STSC Session
• Comparison of the NASA ORDEM 3.1 and ESA MASTER-8 Models
• Validation of a New Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Charring Model with X-Ray Computed Tomography
• Meeting Reports
• Upcoming Meetings
• Monthly Object Type Charts by Number and Mass
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

June 2021 | Volume 25 - Issue 2

• Two On-Orbit Breakup Events in March
• Nick Johnson, Former NASA Chief Scientist Passes
• Goldstone OD Radar: Historical Review from a Decade of Observations (2007-2017)
• DebriSat Project Status Update
• Meeting Report
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

February 2021 | Volume 25 - Issue 1

• Orbital Debris in the Latest U.S. National Space Policy
• Characterization of the Eugene-Stansbery-Meter Class Autonomous Telescope for GEO Survey Operations
• MMOD Inspection Results of ISS Battery Charge-Discharge Units
• Workshop Reports
• 2020 Breakup Events
• Monthly Object Type Chart by Number and Mass
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

November 2020 | Volume 24 - Issue 4

• Two New Breakups with One Resulting in an ISS Maneuver
• HUSIR Radar Measurements of the OD Environment: 2018-2019
• Updated Solar Cycle Predictions for OD Modeling
• Conference and Meeting Reports
• Abstracts from NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• ODPO Celebrates ISS20
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

August 2020 | Volume 24 - Issue 3

• International Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Debris
• Second Fragmentation of Fregat Upper Stage Debris
• DAS v3.1 Release
• Development of Experimental Hypervelocity Impact Capabilities with Non-Spherical Projectiles
• Short-Term Satellite Breakup Risk Assessment Model Process
• Two Recent Breakup Events Updated
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2020 | Volume 24 - Issue 2

• Three Recent Breakup Events
• New NASA Orbital Debris Engineering Model ORDEM 3.1
• Composite Material Char Rate and Strength Retention Study at University of Texas Austin
• Conference and Meeting Reports
• Space Missions/Satellite Box Score

January 2020 | Volume 24 - Issue 1

• U.S. National Space Council Announces Update to the USG ODMSP
• The Inaugural International Orbital Debris Conference
• Fifty-first SOZ Unit Breaks Up
• Russian Satellite Fragments
• Debris Assessment Software Version 3.0 Release
• ORDEM 3.1 Release
• The 2019 U.S. Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices
• Meeting Reports
• Conference Abstracts from the NASA HVIT Team
• Conference Abstracts from the NASA ODPO
• Space Missions/Satellite Box Score

November 2019 | Volume 23 - Issue 4

• Three Recent Rocket Body Breakups
• New Orbital Debris Program Office Website Update
• HUSIR Measurements of the Orbital Debris Environment: 2014-2017
• Meeting Reports
• Abstracts from NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

August 2019 | Volume 23 - Issue 3

• Two Breakup Events Reported
• NASA Technical Standard Process for Limiting Orbital Debris Revision Ratified
• Testing and Modeling the Demisability of Fiber-Reinforced Plastics
• An Extended Parametric Study of the Effects of Large Constellations on the Future Debris Environment
• Meeting Reports
• Abstracts from the NASA HVIT
• Abstracts from the NASA ODPO
• ODQN Vol. 23, Issue 1&2 Errata
• Orbital Debris Analyst
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

May 2019 | Volume 23 - Issue 1 & 2

• 2018 Ends with Breakup of an ORBCOMM Constellation Spacecraft
• Centaur V Upper Stage Fragmentation Update
• 2019 Fragmentations Commence with Japanese RB Breakup
• ES-MCAT's Primary Mirror Gets New Coating
• Analysis of Stable LaPlace Plane for Observation of GEO Debris
• Debris by the Numbers
• New Geometry for Debris Observations using Goldstone OD Radar
• Workshop Reports
• Abstract from NASA ODPO
• Monthly Object Type Charts by Number and Mass
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

November 2018 | Volume 22 - Issue 4

• A SOZ Unit Breaks Up in August 2018
• Centaur V Upper Stage Fragmentation Event
• Implication of Debris Fragment Shape on Shield Protection Capability
• Update to Ground Model Population Model in DAS 3.0
• Conference Reports
• Abstracts from NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

September 2018 | Volume 22 - Issue 3

• CZ-4C Upper Stage Fragments in August
• A SOZ Unit Breakup Predicted and Observed in May 2018
• Space Debris Sensor On-orbit Status
• Spacecraft Material Ablation Testing at UT Austin
• NASA ODPO's Large Constellation Study
• ORDEM Interpolation—a Review and Prospectus
• Orbital Debris Analyst
• Conference and Workshop Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

May 2018 | Volume 22 - Issue 2

• Space Debris Sensor On Orbit Status
• 2018 UN COPUOS Meeting
• Fragmentation of Fregat SB Upper Stage Debris
• Fragmentation of Titan Transtage in GEO
• DebriSat Project Enters Data Reduction and Analysis Phase
• Workshop Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

February 2018 | Volume 22 - Issue 1

• Two Anomalous Events in GEO
• Space Debris Sensor Launches Aboard SpaceX-13
• SEM Analysis Results of Returned ISS PMA-2 Cover
• CubeSat Study Project Review
• Space Debris Sensor Installation
• Monthly Object Type Charts by Number and Mass
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

November 2017 | Volume 21 - Issue 4

• Latest SOZ Breakup Occurs in September 2017
• Projected GEO Survey Capabilities of the Meter Class Eugene Stansbery Orbital Debris Telescope
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Abstracts from the HVIT Group
• Conference and Meeting Reports
• ODQN Vol. 21 Updates and Errata
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

August 2017 | Volume 21 - Issue 3

• Earliest Delta Rocket Body Fragmentation Determined
• Update on the Space Debris Sensor
• ODPO Adopts a Logo
• Benefits of a High LEO In-Situ Measurement Mission
• DAS Reentry Risk Analysis: Mission Planning for Compliance with NASA Standards
• Conference Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

May 2017 | Volume 21 - Issue 2

• Updates to NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris
• Gene Stansbery Retires as NASA ODPO Program Manager
• CubeSat PMD by Drag Enhancement: Mission Planning for Compliance with NASA Standards
• The OD Environment in Numbers
• Abstracts from the NASA ODPO
• Abstract from the NASA HVIT Group
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

February 2017 | Volume 21 - Issue 1

• Indian RISAT-1 Spacecraft Fragments in Late September – Update
• Space Debris Sensor Waiting for Launch
• Twentieth Anniversary of the ODQN
• John Africano NASA/AFRL Orbital Debris Observatory Status and Recognition
• New Version of DAS Now Available
• Reaction of Spacecraft Batteries to Hypervelocity Impact
• SDS is Readied for Flight
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2016 | Volume 20 - Issue 4

• ASTRO-H Spacecraft Fragments During Payload Check-out Operations
• New SOZ Breakup in July 2016
• BeiDou G2 Spacecraft Fragments in Geosynchronous Orbit
• WorldView 2 Spacecraft Fragments in July 2016
• Indian RISAT-1 Spacecraft Experiences Possible Fragmentation
• Disposal of GOES-3
• UNCOPUOS Reaches Consensus on the First Set of Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
• Changes to the ODPO Website
• International Space Station Debris Avoidance Process
• CubeSat Post Mission Disposal by Drag Enhancement: an Operational Review
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Abstract from the NASA HVIT Group
• Conference and Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2016 | Volume 20 - Issue 3

• Two Additional Russian Breakups in 2016
• Former NASA Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris Receives Loftus Award
• Titan Transtage Arrives at JSC to be Studied by Orbital Debris Scientists
• OD Advocate Dr. Dietrich Rex Passes Away
• MMOD Impacts Found on a Returned ISS Cover
• Fiftieth Anniversary of Apollo Program Fragmentation
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2016 | Volume 20 - Issue 1 & 2

• Recent NOAA-16 Satellite Breakup
• Debris History of the NOAA-Series Spacecraft
• Fragmentation of Fregat Upper Stage Debris
• Briz-M Core Stage Fragments Near Geosynchronous Orbit
• Briz-M Core Stage Fragments in Elliptical Orbit
• Russian SOZ Unit Breaks Up in March
• The 2016 UN COPUOS STSC Meeting
• ORDEM 3.0 Verification and Validation Document Available
• Top Ten Satellite Breakups Reevaluated
• ORDEM 3.0 Verification and Validation Findings
• Conference Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2015 | Volume 19 - Issue 4

• Two More Collision Avoidance Maneuvers for the International Space Station
• MCAT Achieves Second First Light
• Update to "Review of Space Environment Implications of CubeSat Traffic"
• Solwind ASAT Test Retrospective
• Abstracts from the OD Program Office
• Abstract from the HVIT Group
• Conference Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2015 | Volume 19 - Issue 3

• International Space Station Performs Two Debris Avoidance Maneuvers and a Shelter-in-Place
• Aerodynamic Breakup of Breeze-M Tank
• MCAT Installation on Ascension Island
• Space Environment Implications of CubeSat Traffic
• MMOD Risk Assessments for EVA
• Conference Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2015 | Volume 19 - Issue 2

• Recent Breakup of a DMSP Satellite
• The 2015 UN COPUOS STSC Meeting
• 33rd Meeting of the IADC
• ORDEM 3.0 and MASTER-2009 Modeled Small Debris Comparison
• Orion EFT-1 Postflight MMOD Inspection
• Conference Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

January 2015 | Volume 19 - Issue 1

• International Space Station Performs Fourth and Fifth Debris Avoidance Maneuvers of 2014
• Iridium Anomalous Debris Events
• DRAGONS to Fly on the ISS
• UKIRT Extends OD Observations into the Infrared Regime
• Korean Aerospace Research Institute Joins IADC
• Fiftieth Anniversary of First Intentional Fragmentation Event in Space
• Solar Cycle Sensitivity Study of Breakup Events in LEO
• Solar Effects on the LEO population in ORDEM 3.0
• Conference and Workshop Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2014 | Volume 18 - Issue 4

• International Space Station Performs Third Debris Avoidance Maneuver of 2014
• Three Additional Breakups Mar 2014
• Former ODPO Chief Scientist Nicholas Johnson Receives Order of Gagarin Award
• Recent Impact Damage Observed on International Space Station
• Comet Siding Spring's Shift from Impact Hazard to Science Opportunity
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Conference and Workshop Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2014 | Volume 18 - Issue 3

• Flurry of Small Breakups in First Half of 2014
• Dr. J.-C. Liou is New NASA Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris
• KickSat Reenters
• Successful Hypervelocity Impacts of DebrisLV and DebriSat
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2014 | Volume 18 - Issue 2

• International Space Station Maneuvers Twice to Avoid Tracked Debris
• NASA Resumes Haystack Data Collection
• Nicholas Johnson Retires as NASA Chief Scientist for OD
• First Results of WFPC2 Crater Analysis Presented at 2014 LPSC
• NASA MCAT's New Destination is Ascension Island
• Hypervelocity Impact Test with Large Mass Projectile
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

January 2014 | Volume 18 - Issue 1

• Program Announcement: ORDEM 3.0 Released
• Large Space Object Population near the International Space Station
• Fengyun 1-C Debris Cloud Remains Hazardous
• Disposal of Globalstar Satellites in 2013
• DebriSat Soft-Catch Panel Impact Tests
• New NASA Orbital Debris Engineering Model ORDEM 3.0
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2013 | Volume 17 - Issue 4

• U.S. Launch Vehicle Components Land in Africa
• Agencies Place Two U.S. Earth Obs Satellites in Compliant Disposal Orbits
• West Ford Needles: Where are They Now?
• NASA Develops Report on Radar Observations of Small Debris Populations
• Abstracts from the NASA ODPO
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2013 | Volume 17 - Issue 3

• High-Speed Particle Impacts Suspected in Two Spacecraft Anomalies
• ODPO Strategic Plan
• Fifty Years Ago
• George Levin, Former OD Program Manager Passes
• Characterization of the WFPC-2 Radiator's Cored Impact Features at NASA-JSC
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2013 | Volume 17 - Issue 2

• Small Satellite Possibly Hit by Even Smaller Object
• OD Pioneer William Djinis Dies at Age 91
• ISS Solves EVA Problems Caused by Small MMOD Impacts
• Reentry of Cataloged Objects
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

January 2013 | Volume 17 - Issue 1

• Upper Stage Explosion Places LEO Satellites at Risk
• Another Debris Avoidance Maneuver for the ISS
• APPEL Releases Orbital Debris iBook
• An Update of the FY-1C, Iridium 33, and Cosmos 2251 Fragments
• GRAIL Spacecraft Impact Moon in Accordance with OD Mitigation Requirements
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2012 | Volume 16 - Issue 4

• NASA Sends Centaur Stage to Watery Grave
• New Russian Launch Failure Raises Breakup Concern
• Origin of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)
• An Update on the Effectiveness of Postmission Disposal in LEO
• Dectection of Optically Faint GEO Debris
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2012 | Volume 16 - Issue 3

• Dr. John W. Lyver, IV, Retires as NASA Program Executive for Orbital Debris
• New Version of DAS Now Available
• Status of Three Major Debris Clouds
• Development of DRAGONS – an MMOD Impact Sensor System
• 15th Annual NASA/DoD OD Working Group Meeting
• The First NASA Orbital Debris Workshop
• Coring the WFPC2 Radiator for Impact Trace Residue Assessment
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2012 | Volume 16 - Issue 2

• Increase in ISS Debris Avoidance Maneuvers
• Orbital Debris Discussions at the UN
• Controlling Rocket Body Reentry Risks
• Stranded Satellite Sent on Controlled Reentry
• Reentry of Explorer 8 Satellite
• Chinese Rocket Body Explosions Continue
• French Launch Vehicle Debris Lands in Brazil
• On the Probability of Random Debris Reentry Occurring on Land or Water, Part II
• Meeting Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

January 2012 | Volume 16 - Issue 1

• Only a Few Minor Satellite Breakups in 2011
• Two Derelict NOAA Satellites Experience Anomalous Events
• Smallsat Deployments Done Right
• TDRS and GOES Spacecraft Sent to Graveyard Orbits
• Recent Disposal of JAXA Akari Satellite
• Increasing Solar Activity Aids Orbital Debris Environment
• On the Probability of Random Debris Reentry Occurring on Land or Water
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

October 2011 | Volume 15 - Issue 4

• Reentry of NASA Satellite
• ERS-2 Maneuvered Into Shorter-lived Disposal Orbit
• AIAA Position Paper on Space Debris
• DoD-NASA Orbital Debris Removal Workshop
• HIMS at NASA's 2011 D-RATS
• Proper Implementation of the 1998 NASA Breakup Model
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

July 2011 | Volume 15 - Issue 3

• International Space Station Again Dodges Debris
• New Evidence of Particle Impact on Jason-1 Spacecraft
• Reentry of U.S. Rocket Stage Over South America
• 50th Anniversary of First On-Orbit Satellite Fragmentation
• MMOD Impacts on ISS Airlock Shields
• A Note on Active Debris Removal
• Meeting Report
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

April 2011 | Volume 15 - Issue 2

• United Nations Discusses Space Debris and Long-Term Sustainability of Activities in Outer Space
• 14th NASA/DoD ODWG Meeting
• NASA/DoD Meeting on Active Debris Removal
• Kessler Receives 2011 Dirk Brouwer Award
• Russian Launch Vehicle Stage Reenters Over U.S.
• U.S. Commercial Earth Obs Spacecraft Executes Controlled Reentry
• New Chapter on Space Waste
• Update on LEO Environment Remediation with ADR
• Simulation of Micron-Sized Debris Pops in LEO
• Space Missions and Satellite Box Score

January 2011 | Volume 15 - Issue 1

• International Space Station Avoids Debris from Old NASA Satellite
• New Satellite Fragmentations Add to Debris Population
• Disposal of Globalstar Satellites in 2010
• Canadian Space Agency Becomes Newest Member of IADC
• NCR Review of the NASA MMOD Programs
• MMOD Damage to the ISS Solar Array Guidewire
• Challenges in Interpreting HST Impact Features
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2010 | Volume 14 - Issue 4

• Reentries of GeneSat-1 and ICESat Spacecraft
• Unusual Satellite Fragementation
• Chinese Debris Reaches New Milestone
• New NASA Course on Orbital Debris
• Habitat Particle Impact Monitoring System (HIMS)
• Comparison of ORSAT and SCARAB Reentry Codes for Generic Satellite
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2010 | Volume 14 - Issue 3

• New U.S. National Space Policy Cites Orbital Debris
• Disposal of TDRS-1
• Top Ten Satelite Breakups
• Drifting in GEO
• Measurements of the Orbital Debris Environment by the Haystack & HAX Radars During FY2007
• Overview of Orbital Debris Optical Measurements via Laboratory Techniques
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

April 2010 | Volume 14 - Issue 2

• Orbital Debris Success Story - A Decade in the Making
• Old and New Satellite Breakups Identified
• Update on Three Major Debris Clouds
• MMOD Inspection of the HST Bay 5 Multi-Layer Insulation Panel
• Small Debris Observations from the Iridium 33/Cosmos 2251 Collision
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2010 | Volume 14 - Issue 1

• NASA and DARPA Sponsor International Debris Removal Conference
• Avoiding Satellite Collisions in 2009
• MMOD Inspection of the HST Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Radiator Update
• Shielding Against Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Impact with Metallic Foams
• An Updated Assessment of the Orbital Debris Environment in LEO
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2009 | Volume 13 - Issue 4

• Thirtieth Anniversary of the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Int'l. Conference on Orbital Debris Removal
• Old Spacecraft Suffers Minor Fragmentation
• Two Old Spacecraft Successfully Retired
• ORDEM2010 Beta Release
• 2006 GEO Environment for ORDEM2010
• A 3-Year Summary of GEO "Survey and Chase" and Photometric Measurements with Two-Telescope Obs
• Abstracts from the NASA OD Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2009 | Volume 13 - Issue 3

• Congressional Hearing Held on Orbital Debris and Space Traffic
• United Nations' COPUOS Receives Update on Iridium-Cosmos Collision
• MMOD Inspection of the HST WFPC2 Radiator
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of GPM Spacecraft
• Update on Recent Major Breakup Fragments
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

April 2009 | Volume 13 - Issue 2

• Satellite Collision Leaves Significant Debris Clouds
• ISS Crew Seeks Safe Haven During Debris Flyby
• Minor March Satellite Break-Up
• STS-126 Shuttle Endeavour Window Impact Damage
• Abstracts from the NASA OD Program Office
• Upcoming Meeting
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2009 | Volume 13 - Issue 1

• New Debris Seen from Decommissioned Satellite with Nuclear Power Source
• Fengyun-1C Debris: Two Years Later
• The ESA's ATV-1 Reentry Event
• Two New Microsatellite Impact Tests
• Review of Different Solar Cycle 24 Predictions
• Don Kessler Wins Space Safety Pioneer Award
• Abstracts from the NASA OD Program Office
• Upcoming Meeting
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2008 | Volume 12 - Issue 4

• ISS Maneuvers to Avoid Russian Fragmentation Debris
• Eighteen-Year-Old Solid Rocket Motor Casing Found
• NASA's OD Chief Scientist Receives Awards
• Publication of the Handbook for Limiting Orbital Debris
• New Sensors ... Resistive Grid Detector
• Stabilizing the Future LEO Debris Environment
• Abstracts from the NASA OD Program Office
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2008 | Volume 12 - Issue 3

• The Multiple Fragmentations of Cosmos 2421
• Bill Rochelle
• ISS Hand Rail and Extravehicular Activity Tool Impact Damage
• Haystack Radar Observations of Debris from the Fengyun-1C Antisatellite Test
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

April 2008 | Volume 12 - Issue 2

• Satellite Breakups During First Quarter of 2008
• Annual Space Debris Meeting at the UN
• 11th NASA-DoD ODWG Meeting
• Publication of Final and Yearly CDT Reports
• DAS Update
• Publication of 14th Edition of History of On-Orbit Satellite Fragmentations
• Physical Properties of Large Fengyun-1C Breakup Fragments
• NASA's New Engineering Model ORDEM2008
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2008 | Volume 12 - Issue 1

• Two Minor Fragmentations End Worst Debris Year Ever
• Fengyun-1C Debris: One Year Later
• STS-118 Radiator Impact Damage
• Debris Assessment Software 2.0 Now Available
• Seasonal Variations of the MODEST Data
• Measurement of Satellite Impact Fragments
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2007 | Volume 11 - Issue 4

• New NASA Procedural Requirement and Technical Standard for Limiting Orbital Debris Generation
• Another Collision Avoidance Maneuver Made by NASA Satellite
• Two Minor Satellite Fragmentations Identified in the Third Quarter
• ISS Zarya Control Module Impact Damage
• Three New Satellite Impact Tests
• A Preliminary Active Debris Removal Study
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2007 | Volume 11 - Issue 3

• UN Committee Accepts Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines
• Detection of Debris from Chinese ASAT Test Increases; One Minor Fragmentation Event in Second Quarter of 2007
• Investigation of MMOD Impact on STS-115 Shuttle Payload Bay Door
• Optical Observations of GEO Debris with Two Telescopes
• Optical Measurement Center Status
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Upcoming Meetings
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

April 2007 | Volume 11 - Issue 2

• United Nations Adopts Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines
• Chinese Anti-satellite Test Creates Most Severe Orbital Debris Cloud in History
• Four Satellite Breakups in February Add to Debris Population
• The NASA Liquid Mirror Telescope
• Strategy for Detection of Eccentric Objects In or Near the Geosynchronous Region
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2007 | Volume 11 - Issue 1

• Orbital Debris Mitigation Re-emphasized in the New U.S. National Space Policy
• Significant Increase in Satellite Breakups During 2006
• Delta IV Performs Successful Controlled Reentry
• Publication of the 2003 Haystack and HAX Radar Report
• A New Analysis on the Size Estimation Model Pieces
• Risk to LEO Spacecraft Due to Small Particle Impacts
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2006 | Volume 10 - Issue 4

• Three More Satellites Involved in Fragmentations
• John L. Africano
• Ground Truth Measurements of the FORMOSAT III Spacecraft
• Debris Flux Comparisons from the Haystack Radar Prior, During, and After the Last Solar Maximum
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Meeting Reports
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2006 | Volume 10 - Issue 3

• First Satellite Breakups of 2006
• ISS Large Area Debris Collector (LAD-C) Update
• STS-114 Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris (MMOD) Post-Flight Assessment
• New Satellite Impact Experiments
• Detection of Small GEO Debris with MODEST Data Using an Automatic Detection Algorithm
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

April 2006 | Volume 10 - Issue 2

• Instability of the Current Orbital Debris Population
• Draft UN Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines
• Disposal of Geosynchronous Spacecraft in 2005
• Flux Comparisons from the Goldstone, Haystack, and HAX Radars
• Modeling the Effect of High Solar Activity on the Orbital Debris Environment
• Orbital Debris Photometric Study
• Developing a Mass Density Distribution for Breakup Debris

January 2006 | Volume 10 - Issue 1

• Collision Avoidance Maneuver Performed by NASA's Terra Spacecraft
• Large Area Debris Collector (LAD-C) Update
• Revision of Space Shuttle Wing Leading Edge Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Failure Criteria Based on Hypervelocity Impact and Arc-Jet Testing
• Object Reentry Survivability Analysis Tool (ORSAT) - Version 6.0
• Disposal of Globalstar Satellites
• Disposal of GPS Spacecraft

October 2005 | Volume 9 - Issue 4

• The Orbital Debris Community Loses One of its Pioneers
• Real-time Survey and Follow-up Observations of GEO Debris
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of the Terra Satellite
• Progress in Space Tether Sever Modeling
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 2005 | Volume 9 - Issue 3

• Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines at the UN
• SBRAM Upgrade to Version 2.0
• The GEO Environment as Determined by the CDT: Inclination Distributions
• Michigan Orbital DEbris Survey Telescope (MODEST) Results
• A New Low-Velocity Satellite Impact Experiment
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office

April 2005 | Volume 9 - Issue 2

• Accidental Collisions of Cataloged Satellites Identified
• Another NAVSTAR PAM-D Recovered after Reentry
• Enhancement of Space Shuttle Models Used in BUMPER
• A Bayesian Approach of Size Estimation for Haystack and HAX RCS Observations
• No Fire from the Dragon this Year
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2005 | Volume 9 - Issue 1

• Modeling and Monitoring the Decay of NASA Satellites
• Haystack Orbital Debris Radar Measurements Update
• Varying Solar Flux Models and their Effect on the Future Debris Environment Projection
• ST9 Solar Sail - A Potential Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Sensor
• Space Missions and Orbital Box Score
• Satellite Population

October 2004 | Volume 8 - Issue 4

• Recent Satellite Breakups
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope
• An Assessment of the Role of SRMs in the Generation of Orbital Debris
• Searching for Faint Debris in the GEO Ring
• Historical Small Debris Collision Activity
• Abstracts from the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office

July 2004 | Volume 8 - Issue 3

• FUSE Satellite Releases Unexpected Debris
• FCC Issues New OD Mitigation Regulations
• PINDROP - An Acoustic Particle Impact Detector
• Utilizing the Ultra-Sensitive Goldstone Radar for Orbital Debris Measurements
• Orbital Evolution of GEO Debris with Very High Area-to-Mass Ratio
• Mitigating Orbital Debris via Space Vehicle Disposal

April 2004 | Volume 8 - Issue 2

• Rocket Body Debris Falls in Argentina
• NASA AMOS Spectral Study Project Update
• SiBAM—Size-Based Albedo Model
• Estimation of >= 1 cm Debris Flux Uncertainty in LEO
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of GLAST Satellite
• International Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2004 | Volume 8 - Issue 1

• New NASA Policy for Limiting Orbital Debris Generation
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of the TRMM Spacecraft
• Growth in the Numbers of SSN Tracked Orbital Objects
• Results from the GEO Debris Survey with MODEST
• Satellite Fragmentations in 2003
• Hypervelocity Impact Survey of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

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July 2002 | Volume 7 - Issue 3

• A New Collision in Space?
• Tools for Rule-of-Thumb Calculations for Orbital Debris
• Optical Observations of GEO Debris
• Satellite Breakups Remain a Problem After 40 Years

April 2002 | Volume 7 - Issue 2

• Release of ORDEM2000
• Reentry Survivability Analysis of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)
• The Leonid Storm of 2001
• Albedo Distributions of Debris

January 2002 | Volume 7 - Issue 1

• Two-Major Satellite Breakups Near End of 2001
• The 2001 Leonid Observations at JSC
• New Report on Hubble Space Telescope Impact Damage
• Orbital Evolution of Cloud Particles from an Explosion in Near-GEO
• Doppler Inclination Estimates from Haystack Measurements of the Debris Environment

October 2001 | Volume 6 - Issue 4

• Publication of the "History of On-Orbit Satellite Fragmentations"
• The 2001 Leonids: A Major Test for Meteor Stream Forecasting
• In-Situ GEO Debris Measurements Utilizing a Near Earth Dust Detector
• EVOLVE 4.1 Provides Information Regarding the Types of Debris in Orbit
• The Critical Density Theory as Analyzed by EVOLVE

July 2001 | Volume 6 - Issue 3

• Two More Satellite Breakups Detected
• GOES 2 and Landsat 4 Retired
• Overview of GEO Debris Observations Using the CCD Debris Telescope
• A Fragmentation Assessment of Legacy Delta Rocket Bodies
• Observations of Space Debris in Geosynchronous Orbits with the Michigan Schmidt

April 2001 | Volume 6 - Issue 2

• PAM-D Debris Falls in Saudi Arabia
• ISS Space Shuttles Examined for Debris Impacts
• International Space Station Debris Avoidance Operations
• Overview of the NASA/JSC Debris Assessment Software (DAS) Version 1.5
• International Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

January 2001 | Volume 6 - Issue 1

• SOZ Ullage Motor Breakup
• Collaborative EVOLVE Studies on the LEO Debris Environment
• Flight Readiness Review Report
• ORDEM2000's Debris Environment Model
• International Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

October 2000 | Volume 5 - Issue 4

• A Decade of Growth
• September Breakup is 22nd in Series
• Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations of the 1999 Leonid Meteors
• New NASA Orbital Debris Engineering Model ORDEM2000
• GEO_EVOLVE 1.0

July 2000 | Volume 5 - Issue 3

• LMT Data Reduction Continues
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Successfully Deorbited
• The Pitfalls of a Poor Random Number Generator in Monte Carlo Orbital Debris Models
• Orbital Debris Informational CD

April 2000 | Volume 5 - Issue 2

• The First Satellite Breakup of 2000
• 1999 Leonid Meteor Observations at the Johnson Space Center
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory to be Deorbited
• Kessler Receives Losey Award
• Reentry Assessment for Taurus Upper Stage Performed

January 2000 | Volume 5 - Issue 1

• EVOLVE 4.0 Sensitivity Study Results
• Haystack/HAX 1999 Report
• Post-Flight Examination of the STS-96 Orbiter
• Satellite Breakups Increase in Last Quarter of 1999
• ISS Performs First Collision Avoidance Maneuver

October 1999 | Volume 4 - Issue 4

• Marshall Researchers Developing Patch Kit to Mitigate ISS Impact Damage
• Small Debris Observations by the COBRA DANE Radar
• Post-Flight Examination of the STS-88 Orbiter
• GEO Spacecraft Disposals in 1997-1998
• International Space Missions and Orbital Box Score

July 1999 | Volume 4 - Issue 3

• The Fate of Upper Stages Placed in Earth Orbit in 1998
• Post-Flight Examination of the STS-95 Orbiter
• New and Proposed Orbital Debris Mitigation Regulations
• Underwater Testing of Space Station Impact Repair Kit Begins
• Results from the CoBeam Experiment

April 1999 | Volume 4 - Issue 2

• Mir Orbital Debris Collector Data Analyzed
• Post-Flight Inspection STS-90
• Error Bar Analysis
• Debris Assessment Software (DAS) Version 1.0
• UN COPUOS Meeting Summary

January 1999 | Volume 4 - Issue 1

• International Space Station Debris Risk Assessment
• Update from NASA's Orbital Debris Observatory
• 1998 Ends with Eighth Satellite Breakup
• EVOLVE 4.0 Preliminary Results
• Post-Flight Inspection STS-89

October 1998 | Volume 3 - Issue 4

• Imagery Survey of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Solitary Breakup and Anomalous Events in Third Quarter are Familiar
• New Report on Historical Satellite Fragmentations
• Post-flight Examination of the STS-87 Orbiter
• Breakup Model Update: Part II, Delta Velocity Distribution
• JSC IAF Abstracts

July 1998 | Volume 3 - Issue 3

• Orbiter Meteoroid/Orbital Debris Impacts: STS-50 thru STS-86, JSC-28033
• LMT Data Work in Progress
• The Satellite Breakup Risk Assessment Model (SBRAM)
• Capture of Hypervelocity Particles with Low Density Aerogel
• JSC COSPAR Abstracts

April 1998 | Volume 3 - Issue 2

• Three Upper Stage Breakups in One Week Top February Debris Activity
• NASA-DoD Orbital Debris Working Group is Formed
• Breakup Model Update
• Draft US Govt Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices
• Growth of the Number of Objects in Orbit Due to Debris

January 1998 | Volume 3 - Issue 1

• Shuttle Modifications for Station Support
• New Passivation Measures Implemented on Pegasus Upper Stage
• Increasing Your Orbital Debris IQ
• 1997 Leonids Observations
• Optical Streak Detection

October 1997 | Volume 2 - Issue 4

• Naval Space Operations Center Finds New Evidence of Debris Separations from Three Spacecraft
• Intentional LEO Spacecraft Breakup
• Detection of Very Small Debris With Haystack
• Orbital Debris as Detected on Exposed Spacecraft

July 1997 | Volume 2 - Issue 3

• Shield Study for Manned Mars Vehicle
• Launch Record for Last Quarter
• Leonids Meteor Meeting
• International Environment Modeling Summary
• Summary of Objects in Orbit

April 1997 | Volume 2 - Issue 2

• The Search for a Previously Unknown Source of Orbital Debris: The Possibility of a Coolant Leak in Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellites, JSC-27737
• Newly Recognized 1996 Breakup
• SRM Particle Impacts Shuttle Window
• Rocket Body Components Survive Reentry
• International Review of Debris Source Modeling

January 1997 | Volume 2 - Issue 1

• Satellite Fragmentations in 1996
• Debris Wake Modeling
• Liquid Mirror Telescope Report
• HAX Radar Report

Sep-Dec 1996 | Volume 1 - Issue 2

• First Natural Collision of Cataloged Earth Satellites
• Major Satellite Breakup in June
• Upcoming Meetings - 2nd European Space Debris Conference and IAF
• Meeting Update! ISTS Space Debris Symposium
• U.S. Initiatives in the International Effort to Mitigate the Orbital Debris Environment
• Abstracts - The NASA Engineering Model: A New Approach

Jan-Aug 1996 | Volume 1 - Issue 1

• Status of the NASA Safety Standard on Orbital Debris (NSS 1740.14)
• Upcomming Meetings - COSPAR and IAF
• Ongoing Effort to Collect Data from Surfaces Returned from Space
• Abstracts from IAF/Oslo, 1st International Workshop/Moscow
• Russian Views on the RORSAT Question