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JoeMerchant [soylentnews.org] writes:

Following its launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Sunday night, the satellite, codenamed Zuma, failed to remain in orbit, the official said.

Northrop Grumman, the defense contractor that manufactured the payload -- reportedly a billion-dollar spy satellite -- told ABC News its mission is classified and declined to comment on the loss of the satellite.

But SpaceX suggested that it was not at fault, telling ABC News its rocket, named Falcon 9, "did everything correctly."

What if they mean that: convincing the public that the top-secret stealth satellite has splashed into the ocean when, in fact, it was a dummy satellite that went down and the real secret satellite is still on-mission? If that's the case, then they certainly "did everything correctly."

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