NASA-NPR 8715.6 NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This NASA Procedural Requirements. Effective Date: August 17, 2007. Expiration Date: August 17, 2012. 27 p. The purpose of this NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) is to provide requirements to implement NASA’s policy for limiting orbital debris generation per the U.S. National Space Policy of 2006, Section 11, the U.S. Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices, and as a part of NASA’s policy for safety and mission assurance programs as defined in NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 8700.1, paragraph 1a. Any noncompliances to orbital debris requirements, including those for reasons of mission requirements and cost effectiveness, require a variance to this NPR.