Top Secret U.S. Spy Satellite Is Lost After Launch

NPR: U.S. Spy Satellite Reportedly 'Write Off' After Failing To Reach Orbit

A top-secret multi-billion dollar U.S. spy satellite launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday reportedly failed to separate from the upper stage of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and never reached orbit.

The technology website Ars Technica cites one source as saying the "the payload fell back to Earth along with the spent upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket."

The satellite, code-named Zuma, appears to be "a write-off," according to a source quoted by Reuters.

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More News On A Top Secret U.S. Spy Satellite Being Lost After Launch

It’s not official, but

sources say the secretive Zuma satellite was lost -- Ars Technica
US spy satellite believed lost after SpaceX launch -- CNET
U.S. Spy Satellite Believed Lost After SpaceX Mission Fails -- WSJ
SpaceX's Mysterious Zuma Mission Might Not Have Been so Successful After All -- Fortune
A highly classified US spy satellite is missing due to a SpaceX mission failure -- Business Insider
An expensive, highly classified US spy satellite is believed destroyed after SpaceX launch -- The Week Magazine
Did Something Happen to Secret Zuma Spacecraft After SpaceX Launch? -- Space.com
Did Elon Musk Lose Secret US Government Satellite? SpaceX Zuma May Have Failed to Reach Orbit -- Newsweek
Did SpaceX's secret Zuma mission actually fail? -- The Verge

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