Tag: Zuma

07 JAN

SpaceX to launch top secret ‘Zuma’ payload after weeks of delays

Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 14:17 SpaceX will finally launch Zuma, a mysterious “restricted” payload for the US government, on Sunday – weather permitting. A series of snaps and poor weather have delayed the project for months. The launch is set to take place at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida between 8pm […]

02 JAN

SpaceX will try to launch the mysterious Zuma satellite again Thursday

Enlarge / The Falcon 9 rocket and its Zuma payload are seen on the launch pad in November. (credit: SpaceX) Fresh off a year with a record 18 orbital launches, SpaceX is set to try its first mission of the new year on Thursday. Less than two weeks since its last flight, the company returns […]

17 NOV

SpaceX’s mysterious Zuma mission won’t launch tonight

We still don’t know what Northrop Grumman commissioned SpaceX to launch for the US government, but whatever it is won’t get there tonight. In a move that leaves Elon Musk’s calendar open for the Tesla electric semi-truck reveal (still scheduled for 11 PM ET), SpaceX said it’s standing down on the Zuma mission “to take […]