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The US House Speaker introduces a bill to amend title 51, to extend the learning period for commercial human space flight. The Federal Communications Commission introduces new rules to ensure commercial space launches have the spectrum resources they need for reliable communications. Iridium Communications’ CEO says that his company will hit $1 billion in annual service revenue in 2030, 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 Twitter and LinkedIn.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Dr. Paul Jaffe, an electronics engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory. Learn more about Space Power Beaming on the Naval Research Laboratory’s website.Selected ReadingTo amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the learning period for commercial human space flight. FCC Ensures Commercial Space Launches Have Reliable Spectrum ResourcesIridium Forecasts $1B Service Revenue in 2030, Hints at Narrowband IoT Ambitions- Via SatelliteTrue Anomaly lands $17 million U.S. Space Force contract for Space Domain Awareness- PR NewswireNASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth: Live updatesHong Kong's first high-resolution AI satellite set for November launch- CGTNChandrayaan-3 Mission- XNASA’s Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Namibia and South Africa Explore Space Collaboration at 7th AfriGeo Symposium- Space in AfricaLuis Zea, space bioengineer: ‘We cannot go to the Moon and Mars only to consume all the resources like on Earth’- El PaisCalifornia bill would force large companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions- NBCTom Hanks Says He'd Clean Space Toilets For The Chance To Be An Astronaut- Huffington PostT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 q