The top-secret satellite known only by a code name, "Zuma," was a mystery from the start. Its classified mission was intentionally inscrutable, whether to detect missile launches, spy on adversaries or track ships at sea with a space radar.
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Lost in space? Questions mount over fate of secret satellite as SpaceX pushes ahead
January 12, 2018 at 2:37 p.m. EST