Watch: SpaceX launches 'secret' US spacecraft Zuma
Zuma is the third classified launch for the U.S. government by SpaceX. Photograph:(Twitter)
Elon Musk-led SpaceX today launched the secret Zuma spacecraft for the US government.
The launch which was scheduled to take place in November finally happened after nearly a two-month delay on Sunday night.
Falcon 9 first stage has landed at Landing Zone 1. pic.twitter.com/679wN4F8kX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 8, 2018
"Team at the Cape completed additional propellant-loading tests today," SpaceX said.
Neither the US government or SpaceX has revealed anything about the "classified" spacecraft.
Zuma lifted off atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
An elated Musk tweeted:
Falcon 9 first stage has landed at Landing Zone 1. pic.twitter.com/679wN4F8kX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 8, 2018