New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan has laid foundation stone for Space Situational Awreness Control Centre Peenya in Bengaluru on August 2.
"Space Situational Awareness & Management (SSAM) has become an internationally significant area due to the ever growing manmade space debris population and the increased collision threat with operational spacecraft," ISRO said in a statement.
"ISRO has set up a Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management aiming at protecting high valued space assets from space debris close approaches and collisions. To carryout systematically all activities related to SSAM, a control ccentre is being established at Bengaluru," the space agency said.
