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Did Elon Musk Lose Secret U.S Government Satellite?
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Preliminary reports seem to indicate that Northrop Grumman not only built the satellite, but the adaptive technology that would have allowed separation.... NYT
Not necessarily. According to an article in Wired last November, Northrop Grumman not only built Zuma but also provided the part that connected the satellite to the rocket known as the payload adapter. For most launches, SpaceX provides the payload adapter.
On Tuesday morning, SpaceX released a statement from Gwynne Shotwell, the company president, which emphatically stated that the company saw nothing that indicated SpaceX was at fault:The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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I'll try to find the link but Northrop-Grumman did say that the rocket had performed nominally, which makes sense since its upper stage only fell down after a couple of orbits. So it got the cargo up there, and then NG decided to cancel the mission.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostI'll try to find the link but Northrop-Grumman did say that the rocket had performed nominally, which makes sense since its upper stage only fell down after a couple of orbits. So it got the cargo up there, and then NG decided to cancel the mission.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostInteresting - I couldn't find anything like that.
So it looks like it was NG's fault.
Originally posted by SpaceX"For clarity: after review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night," Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, in a statement sent to CNBC. "If we or others find otherwise based on further review, we will report it immediately. Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false. Due to the classified nature of the payload, no further comment is possible."
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostAlas I mistook a statement from SpaceX about it for NG's. I don't think we'll be seeing NG make any statement about it if the failure was their fault. They have a privilige of secrecy to shroud embarrasments like that. They haven't contradicted SpaceX, and nothing, apparently, has happened that would cause them to further delay the Falcon Heavy launch at the end of this month.
So it looks like it was NG's fault.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/08/high...ex-launch.htmlThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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