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The ORBITS act unanimously passes in the US Senate and moves on to the House. US Congress has introduced a bipartisan amendment to title 51, US States code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities and other purposes. Sidus Space has been awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity or IDIQ, contract to provide services to a US owned company in support of their commercial lunar program, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is SaxaVord Spaceport CEO Frank Strang.  You can connect with Frank on LinkedIn and learn more about SaxaVord on their website. Selected Reading Cantwell, Hickenlooper Bill to Clean Up Space Junk Passes Senate Unanimously  US HB6131 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress | LegiScan Consolidating the commercial space mission authorization regime- Deep Space Episode 22 Space Force Terminates ICBM During Test Launch Due To Anomaly Sidus Space Awarded a 5-Year $10 Million Ceiling (IDIQ) Commercial Contract to Support Commercial Lunar Transportation UNIIQ investeert € 350.000,- in de ruimtevaartstartup Spherical Systems - InnovationQuarter SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9 | Space Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk- Reuters NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter- AP China, U.S. and EU sign milestone declaration to teamwork in AI safety - CGTN Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87 T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices