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Space Debris Governance Is Serious Now. The Rules Still Aren't.
5/4/2026
More than 4,200 spacecraft reached Earth orbit in 2025 alone, launched across 315 missions worldwide. That's not a trend — it's a structural change in how crowded low Earth orbit has become. And the international community's response, on full display at the UN's Committee on the…
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