Military.com

9 Jan 2018

By Oriana Pawlyk

The Pentagon has reportedly lost a highly classified, multi-billion-dollar satellite somewhere in space. And so far, it's unclear who's to blame.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Sunday launched the secret military payload, code-name Zuma, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

And while the launch was deemed successful, the payload – a satellite manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp. – failed to reach orbit, according to officials who spoke to Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal.

California-based SpaceX, headed by Elon Musk, said the rocket was not to blame.

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