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It's estimated that 8,000 metric tons of junk including 900,000 individual pieces of debris circle the planet.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act on Tuesday, October 31 to reduce space junk in Earths orbit.

The Pentagon highlighted that the space capabilities of the Chinese military, or PLA, are continuing to "mature rapidly."

American and Chinese officials met to discuss space situational awareness (SSA) as the U.S. tries to better understand emerging national SSA systems.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has started soliciting information from potential industry sources that could provide a user interface for the Traffic Coordination System for Space. Responses are due Oct. 31, according to a request for information posted Monday on SAM.gov.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Valerie Biden Owens discuss the importance of human connection at UD study abroad centenary event

After a slow start, the Commerce Department says it is making progress on establishing a civil space traffic coordination system.

"Commercial data, commercial processing is not classified. It does not matter that the DoD wishes it were," said Barbara Golf, special advisor to Space Systems Command.

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