Hey guys you have probably heard that United Nations held a general assembly back in February this year to discuss a meeting on the 'Peaceful Uses of Outer Space'.

Of Interest is the section on space debris and the reference in the minutes of the overall committee to a Russian organisation called ISON. This stands for the International scientific optical observation network and was developed with the following goals:
*estimation of real population of artificial objects on high geocentric orbits
*determining of possible origin of the discovered objects
*verification of existed space debris distribution and evolution models for high orbits (GEO, HEO, MEO)
*estimation of the real level of danger caused by space debris fragments for operational spacecrafts on high orbits at present and in the future
*testing and improvement of the technology of space debris studies using optical instruments
*improvement of the motion models for measurements processing and orbit propagation of specific space debris objects with high AMR