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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

US Spy Satellite Believed Destroyed after Failing to Reach Orbit

A U.S. spy satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX rocket on Sunday failed to reach orbit and is assumed to be a total loss, two U.S. officials briefed on the mission said on Monday.

The classified intelligence satellite, built by Northrop Grumman Corp, failed to separate from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and is assumed to have broken up or plunged into the sea, said the two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The satellite is assumed to be "a write-off," one of the officials said.

The presumed loss of the satellite was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not surprised; Elon Musk was the contractor for the booster rocket.

Anonymous said...

Yeah. Umm. Ok. Secret satellite is gone. Right. Got ya.

ExSPD192 said...

Or did it?

Anonymous said...

Next time, choose PRIME!

Anonymous said...

Musk is a fool who's burning through lats of tax payer dollars to make a name for himself.
It's time to cut him off of the government taxpayer tit.

Anonymous said...

It was meant to burn. Hillary's hard drives were on board.
The garbage disposal didn't work.

Anonymous said...

Let's show a little class, now. Say teat, not tit. LOL.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, that Musk guy is dumb. If he was smart, he'd be living in this area and trying to figure out how to get snow off the roads and sidewalks! LMAO!!!

Anonymous said...

And we're going to Mars LOL.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if it fell right where the buyers wanted it to, so they could recover it?

Anonymous said...

A spy satellite that is "presumed" lost. Can't be in a more secret place than that! How convenient.