NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 8715.6B Effective Date: February 16, 2017 Expiration Date: February 16, 2024

Subject: NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris and Evaluating the Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Environments

Responsible Office: Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

Table of Contents

Preface

Change History

P.1 Purpose
P.2 Applicability
P.3 Authority
P.4 Applicable Documents and Forms
P.5 Measurement/Verification
P
.6 Cancellation

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Technical Objectives
1.2 Guiding Policies
1.3 Relief from Requirements

Chapter 2. Roles and Responsibilities

2.1 Chief, Safety and Mission Assurance (Chief, SMA)
2.2 Center-Level SMA Technical Authority
2.3 Mission Directorate Associate Administrator
2.4 NASA Project Manager
2.5 NASA Launch Services Program Manager (LSPM)
2.6 Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
2.7 NASA Robotic Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Team
2.8 NASA Johnson Space Center Human Space Flight Operations Directorate

Chapter 3. Requirements

3.1 Mission Formulation
3.2 Mission Design and Assessment
3.3 Mission Operations and Termination
3.4 Reentries

Appendix A. Acronyms
Appendix B. References

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