[buccaneer81]

2. The DSP satellites which can detect the launch of a model rocket and send alerts to several command centers did not detect a launch.

Says Who?

Were you at Cheyenne Mountain at the time?

[Ben Mugged]

They moved the DSP control center from Cheyenne Mountain years ago. I sat on the console with Ford Aerospace when the last DSP satellite was undergoing on-orbit test and evaluation and my sister was an orbit analyst on the program. And yes I asked friends who still work there and they confirmed no alert.