Mysterious Zuma Set to Zoom to Space Friday

SpaceX launched its 12th resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Credit: NASA Television)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch the mysterious Zuma payload on Friday, Jan. 5, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT on Saturday, Jan. 6).

Zuma is a code name for a satellite that Northrop Grumman built for an unidentified U.S. government agency. Nothing else is known about the payload.

4 responses to “Mysterious Zuma Set to Zoom to Space Friday”

1. Andrew Tubbiolo says:

   January 3, 2018 at 10:35 pm

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   If you glance at the word zuma just fast enough, you can say that the u is really a Russian ‘eeee’ which would transliterate into zima, which is Russian for ‘winter’. Any rumours this payload is arrayed against our Northern friends?

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   • therealdmt says:

     January 4, 2018 at 1:45 pm

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     Or maybe it is FOR our Northern friends…

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     • therealdmt says:

       January 4, 2018 at 1:47 pm

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       https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

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2. Jacob Samorodin says:

   January 3, 2018 at 11:21 pm

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   I smell CIA involvement.

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