from The Daily Express

Top SECRET US satellite launched by SpaceX aims to send ‘unknown group’ MYSTERY messages

SPACEX are to launch a top-secret satellite codenamed project Zuma this Friday, the US Air Force confirmed.

By TARYN TARRANT-CORNISH

SpaceX cut the feed to the second stage of the launch to keep the Zuma mission top secret during launch.

The mysterious project will see the private space agency launch the satellite allowing an unnamed government organisation to send messages or take photos.

One of the few scraps of information currently available has revealed Zuma will enter into a low orbit around Earth.

What the orbiter’s mission is and who will be operating it is unknown with US authorities so far refusing the release any more information.

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