Posted on 01/08/2018 4:28:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Last night at 8:00 p.m. EST, SpaceX conducted its first launch of the year, carrying a classified spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. government code-named "Zuma." Now reports are circulating that the Zuma spacecraft might have been lost following the launch.
Peter B. de Selding, a spaceflight reporter for Space Intel Report, first tweeted that sources suggested to him that the satellite "may be dead in orbit after separation."
...Popular Mechanics has reached out to both SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for comment about the fate of the satellite. Northrop did not immediately reply, but a SpaceX spokesperson issued the following statement: "We do not comment on missions of this nature; but as of right now reviews of the data indicate Falcon 9 performed nominally."
The Falcon 9 rocket successfully conducted a first stage landing after the Zuma launch, and Elon Musk tweeted images of the launch earlier today. Both would seem to suggest that Falcon 9 performed nominally, as SpaceX has said.
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Have they tried looking up?
You don’t need to recieve Zuma telemetry. (Moves hand) move along. “ we don’t need Zuma telemetry. Move along.
These huge companies like Northrup and others have been making real space ships(smaller saucers) for years but you have to be a deep stater to go for a ride.
I’m not saying it’s so...but
How do we know his “subsidies” aren’t a consequence of Obungole dropping the shuttle program, and other secret programs he may have not wanted implemented.
Musk just may be a white hat.
Think the Russkies would help us launch X37-B?
Or the government put something up there they want us to forget about.
Could have been a genuine failure. Those things happen...and we probably paid quite a bit into that launch.
Zuma is the corrupt illiterate protector of killing white farmers as unofficial policy of the South African police forces. Looks the other way as the slaughter continues to appease his like minded crooked political cronies.
Just what does that have to do with a US space project?
They should stick to hilarious articles about all the wonder weapons to be deployed "real soon now".
Loose lips! Loose lips! :^)
That was my thought as well.
Wow. That is really obscure.
Most people hear “Zuma” and think of the surfing beach near Malibu.
:')
I guess they don’t get what “CLASSIFIED” means
It’e the “Trump Satellite”.
A super-secret mission.
However, rumors are that, its real mission is to hover above N. Korea, and when the time comes. block all communications so that Kim’s rockets fail just after launch.
So, don’t tell anyone else about this. It’s a secret, you know.
Think more American. What could Zuma mean? Brevity for something perhaps?
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>> “However, rumors are that, its real mission is to hover above N. Korea, and when the time comes. block all communications so that Kim’s rockets fail just after launch.” <<
We already have hardware up there that can do that, that is old enough to vote.
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Ronnie’s old “star wars” x-ray laser cookers are the best part.
They can fry the circuitry of the nukes, and render them useless.
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