Question, is Zuma launch now simultaneous with Teslas big electric truck revelation? Which one will Elon be at ?
Quote from: CorvusCorax on 11/15/2017 08:38 pmQuestion, is Zuma launch now simultaneous with Teslas big electric truck revelation? Which one will Elon be at ? No, they're in different time zones.
Quote from: shooter6947 on 11/13/2017 10:54 pmOkay, so what advantage could there be for a ~53 degree orbit, from a Milspace perspective? caliphate?
Okay, so what advantage could there be for a ~53 degree orbit, from a Milspace perspective?
How important is it for companies like Northrop Grumman to launch government satallites it builds on non-ULA rockets? I.e. not having to let ULA and potentially Boeing and Lockheed know what capabilities they offer the US government?
Well this is interesting.If you dont click on the link, a launch within the first 15-20 minutes of the window may put it next to USA 276 (aka NROL 76). The author also emphasizes that this may just be pure coincidence. It will be interesting to see when this bird launches.
Quote from: Eagandale4114 on 11/16/2017 05:26 amWell this is interesting.If you dont click on the link, a launch within the first 15-20 minutes of the window may put it next to USA 276 (aka NROL 76). The author also emphasizes that this may just be pure coincidence. It will be interesting to see when this bird launches.USA 276 is reputed to be RADAR imaging demonstration satellite https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/24/observers-spot-top-secret-satellite-launched-by-spacex-earlier-this-month/Zuma could be working in conjuction with that satellite - but NRO says it isn't there's.My guess is that it's US Treasury or Justice Department.
I can’t track it down, but when this payload was first mentioned on this site, even before “Zumba” was known as the name, the poster had mentioned something to the effect that people would be amazed when it was revealed. I’m paraphrasing at best, and it may have been an L2 post, but ever since then there was no more - and Zuma became basically another secret spy satellite. I’m going on the record to predict that once this thing is launched, stably in it’s target orbit, and operational - once that happens there will be some kind of an announcement about it. I think it’s possible that Trump in his desire to go into the history books for achievement in space, has green lighted this thing. He tweeted (ugh) a few days ago that he’d be making a major announcement after he returned from Asia, time and date to be set. It’s a huge stretch I know, but why not...
Quote from: Star One on 11/15/2017 04:08 pmQuote from: ZachS09 on 11/15/2017 03:32 pmJust saw the new SpaceX photo of Falcon 9 and Zuma. It's up on the Update Thread.Looks really blank with barely any fairing art.Not even any NRO type abstract art?Nope, just a very minimal "Northrop Grumman" in tiny letters.
Quote from: ZachS09 on 11/15/2017 03:32 pmJust saw the new SpaceX photo of Falcon 9 and Zuma. It's up on the Update Thread.Looks really blank with barely any fairing art.Not even any NRO type abstract art?
Just saw the new SpaceX photo of Falcon 9 and Zuma. It's up on the Update Thread.Looks really blank with barely any fairing art.
I would not be shocked if some of that "leaked information" posted on reddit was a deliberate misinformation.
Quote from: tleski on 11/16/2017 12:57 pmI would not be shocked if some of that "leaked information" posted on reddit was a deliberate misinformation.For what it’s worth, none of the claims u/ASTRALsunder made have turned out to be wrong. He’s been active in the subreddit for quite a while and is respected an as ex-employee with many connections, he has never given us false information before.
According to the Zuma press kit, the MECO time is 2 minutes and 16 seconds, which is the record for the earliest MECO time for Falcon 9.This barely beats the NROL-76 mission by one second.
Zuma could be some form of Space Tracking and Surveillance System (SBIRS Low) which demo satellites where built by Northrop Grumman. With what has been happening in North Korea they may of been asked to take some out of storage and launch them, if they had spares.