SpaceX secret satellite mission branded ‘a total loss’

Zuma craft reportedly burned up in fireball after failing to detach from rocket

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A secret US government satellite launched aboard a SpaceX rocket is “presumed to be a total loss” after it failed to reach orbit.

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