SpaceX 'secret charge', spy satellite would have failed and fallen to Earth

Do you know that secret mission SpaceX was hired to conduct? Called by the code name Zuma, the release of a mysterious charge has been delayed for several months until finally happening earlier this week. The problem is that, according to some recent rumors, it actually went quite wrong.

According to anonymous sources consulted by Bloomberg and Techcrunch websites, the Zuma package was reportedly lost during one of the final stages of launching the Falcon 9 launch rocket. As a result, the millionaire cargo caught fire and fell into the sea.

Bloomberg even consulted with the US Strategic Command monitoring institution, which checks the positioning of more than 23, 000 artificial satellites launched into space. In response, the agency said it "is not detecting" any new orbiting satellite so far.

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Zuma would be a US spy satellite under the control of Northrop Grumman. The company and SpaceX declined to comment because they did not address sensitive mission issues. The space transport company only stated that it will still review all mission data, but that "Falcon 9 would have performed normally" during the flight and even landed normally to be reused.

If the information is correct, it means that the problem was precisely with satellite equipment, not with the Elon Musk company rocket.

SpaceX 'Secret Charge', spy satellite would have failed and fallen to Earth via TecMundo