Tim Fernholz

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Senior Space Reporter at Payload

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NRO Launches First Payload Under New NatSec Contract

3 days ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

SpaceX launched a mission for the NRO early yesterday on board a Falcon 9 rocket, which had 11 previous booster flights under its belt. The NROL-145 launch is the first under the Space Force’s Phase 3 Lane 1 rubric—a launch contracting mechanism that will spend $5.6B on relatively simple launches with fewer requirements, which might suit new entrants to the national security launch game.
We Have Some Space Questions About The Golden Dome

6 days ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for a new, satellite-based missile defense architecture around the continental US has defense contractors salivating, but questions about the cost, capabilities, and requirement for such a system remain unanswered. Are we already doing it? The executive order calling for the “Iron Dome” (now Golden Dome) system expected the Pentagon to deliver a plan by the end of March; that architecture has yet to be shared publicly.
Boeing Hits Key Milestone On Path To Quantum First in Orbit

1 week ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

HRL Labs has built a space-hardened quantum payload and demonstrated it on the ground—a key milestone in Boeing’s push to demonstrate the first quantum entanglement swap in space. The device, which is going through final environmental testing, will serve as a “ground twin” for the final payload, which is expected to reach orbit on the Q4S spacecraft next year.
Trump Team Plans To Push TraCSS Out of Government

1 week ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

The White House wants the long-awaited Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to be handed over to a non-profit or private company, backtracking on a mandate in the first Trump administration to move it into the Office of Space Commerce. Reshuffle: Since 2018, NOAA’s OSC has been working to take over the civil SSA mission from the US military, which shares a satellite catalog with the public.
Leaked NASA Budget Spotlights Isaacman’s Challenge

1 week ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman promised the Moon and Mars at his Senate hearing last week—literally telling lawmakers that choosing between the destinations isn’t necessary. Now, we’ve got a reality check: President Donald Trump reportedly wants to cut NASA’s budget by $5B, or 20%.
Space Companies Kept Ukraine In The Fight (For Now)

1 week ago | payloadspace.com | Tim Fernholz

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the smaller, less resourced Ukrainian military fought back in part thanks to innovative commercial tech, according to top execs. “We saw an underdog military be able to fight toe-to-toe, and push back aggressively against a superior military force that was relying on doctrine and mass,” said David Gauthier, the chief strategy officer at GXO, Inc., who headed NGA’s commercial operations office when the war began.
Germany: The AfD party should be banned before the next elections

1 month ago | alethonews.com | Tim Fernholz

Germany: The AfD party should be banned before the next elections Remix News | March 25, 2025The leaders of the SPD and Green Party factions want a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second-largest party in the country and the top opposition party, before the next election. The Greens in particular are now urging parliament to submit a motion to ban the party as soon as possible.
Why did Jeffrey Goldberg leave the ‘bomb Yemen’ Signal chat?

1 month ago | alethonews.com | Max Blumenthal |Tim Fernholz

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Israeli forces strip and arbitrarily detain two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank

1 month ago | alethonews.com | Tim Fernholz

Israeli forces strip and arbitrarily detain two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank Defense for Children Palestine | March 20, 2025Israeli forces forcibly stripped, detained, humiliated, and terrorized two Palestinian children, after a military raid in the northern occupied West Bank last week.
Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Shared Some Updates About The Arctic & Baltic Fronts

1 month ago | alethonews.com | Andrew Korybko |Tim Fernholz

Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Shared Some Updates About The Arctic & Baltic Fronts By Andrew Korybko | March 23, 2025Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev, who ran the FSB for nearly a decade (1999-2008) before chairing the Security Council for over 15 years till recently (2008-2024), shared some updates about the Baltic and Arctic fronts of the New Cold War in a recent interview with Russia’s National Defense magazine.