Sentences with phrase «satellite zuma»

SpaceX said suggestions that the spy satellite Zuma has been lost are categorically false.

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By the time the satellite separated from the rocket it was too late, putting Zuma too low in orbit to save, according to the report.

Northrop Grumman built the components that failed during a launch of the U.S. spy satellite known as Zuma, WSJ reports.

Northrop Grumman built and operated the components that failed during the controversial January launch of the U.S. spy satellite known as Zuma, according to a Wall Street Journal report Sunday.

During missions for commercial satellite customers, SpaceX typically returns to the webcast to confirm that the payload has separated from the second stage, but Zuma was a classified mission so the lack of further messages wasn't surprising.

Matt Desch, chief executive officer of satellite operator Iridium Communications (irdm), said that as the launch contractor, Northrop Grumman (noc) deserves the blame for the loss last weekend of the satellite, which is presumed to have crashed into the ocean in the secretive mission code - named Zuma.

from left: Point cloud by National Ecological Observatory Network / National Science Foundation / Cooperative Support Agreement No. 1029808; illustration by Jay Smith; satellite images by NASA / GSFC; photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess / Knoxville News Sentinel / Zuma

As noted in an op - ed appearing on Forbes, it's unclear who was responsible for Zuma, but according to Loren Thompson, the editorial's author: ``... launch providers usually have final responsibility for tip - to - tail readiness before a rocket lifts off, and competitor ULA has successfully employed a variety of payload adapters to attach satellites to its rockets.»