{"id":60268,"date":"2018-01-23T02:51:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T02:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T02:51:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T02:51:17","slug":"spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
Enlarge<\/a>\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath has been anything but.SpaceX<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A little more than two weeks have passed since the apparent loss<\/a> of the highly classified Zuma mission. Since then, SpaceX has publicly and privately stated that its Falcon 9 rocket performed nominally throughout the flight\u2014with both its first and second stages firing as anticipated.<\/p>\n

Now, the US Air Force seems to be backing the rocket company up. "Based on the data available, our team did not identify any information that would change SpaceX's Falcon 9 certification status," Lieutenant General John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, told<\/a> Bloomberg News. This qualified conclusion came after a preliminary review of data from the Zuma launch. That's according to Thompson, who said the Air Force will continue to review data from all launches.<\/p>\n

However tentative, this statement buttresses the efforts by SpaceX to say that, from its perspective, the mission was a success. The statement also adds to the concerns of Northrop Grumman, which built the Zuma payload and the adapter that connected it to the Falcon 9 rocket. Northrop Grumman was also responsible for separating after the second stage of the Zuma rocket reached space. The aerospace veteran has yet to publicly comment on specifics of the Zuma mission since the launch.<\/p>\n

No one has officially confirmed this on the record, but sources have told Ars that, after the launch, the Zuma payload never successfully separated from the rocket. Instead, it remained partially or completely attached to the second stage and re-entered Earth's atmosphere after 1.5 orbits.<\/p>\n

Following the Zuma accident, critics of SpaceX have seized the opportunity<\/a> to question the reliability of the rocket company, even though it has introduced serious competition into the US and global launch industries. However, this statement from the Air Force\u2014which would have access to definitive data about the Zuma accident\u2014is likely to go a long way toward answering questions about SpaceX's reliability.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n

[contf] [contfnew] <\/p>\n

Ars Technica<\/a><\/h5>\n

[contfnewc] [contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"\nSpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.arstechnica.net\\\/wp-content\\\/themes\\\/ars\\\/assets\\\/img\\\/material-ars-db41652381.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tech\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/\",\"name\":\"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.arstechnica.net\\\/wp-content\\\/themes\\\/ars\\\/assets\\\/img\\\/material-ars-db41652381.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Enlarge\\\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.arstechnica.net\\\/wp-content\\\/themes\\\/ars\\\/assets\\\/img\\\/material-ars-db41652381.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.arstechnica.net\\\/wp-content\\\/themes\\\/ars\\\/assets\\\/img\\\/material-ars-db41652381.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report","description":"Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report","og_description":"Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission","datePublished":"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/"},"wordCount":351,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png","articleSection":["Tech"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/","name":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png","datePublished":"2018-01-23T02:51:17+00:00","description":"Enlarge\/ The launch of Zuma was pretty, but the aftermath ha..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ars\/assets\/img\/material-ars-db41652381.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spacex-gets-good-news-from-the-air-force-on-the-zuma-mission\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SpaceX gets good news from the Air Force on the Zuma mission"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}