As SpaceX prepares to launch a spacecraft on Sunday night for a mission code-named Zuma, mystery still swirls around the payload. Little is known about the classified government satellite built by defense contractor Northrop Grumman, or even the craft that will be launched on the Falcon 9 rocket out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. While SpaceX has carried payloads for the military in several previous missions, this is the first one in which no government office has claimed a connection with Zuma mission. The enigmatic mission has been delayed from the original launch date in November.
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