The 63rd Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held in Vienna in February, highlighted a reality that is becoming increasingly clear to those working in the international space community: The space environment has changed dramatically, and the institutions created at the dawn of the space age are under growing pressure to keep pace.

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