Posted on Jan 9, 2018

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

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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.

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

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Posted 8 y ago

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CMSgt (Join to see)

Posted 8 y ago

Not everything is as it seems.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

8 y

CMSgt (Join to see) LOL. You Have Been Hanging Around My Kind Too Long. Never Quite Trust What You Hear? In My Old Line of Work that is the Proper Attitude.

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CMSgt (Join to see)

8 y

Yea, this line of reporting just makes me more intrigued into exactly what we put up there.

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A1C Ian Williams

8 y

This is not the "spy satellite" you're looking for CMSgt (Join to see)

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CMSgt (Join to see)

8 y

Aww, too bad...what is it?

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SN Greg Wright

Posted 8 y ago

*Wink wink nod nod*

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Capt Tom Brown

Posted 8 y ago

I had read somewhere a short while back that we were going to used Russian rockets as well as hiring private contractors to put satellites in orbit now to cut costs..

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

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