US Senate Passes Space Junk Bill

ORBITS Act Given Unanimous Approval in the Chamber

The US Senate earlier this month unanimously passed the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Committee, joined Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Wicker (R-MI) an…