Secret Satellite Set for Launch in Summer

Ordinarily the U.S. government doesn’t give out a lot of information about spy satellites its puts into space, but it does at least reveal which agency or branch of the military is behind a scheduled launch. But so far military officials are being especially secretive about a new defense satellite that is supposed to go up sometime this summer, according to a story by Spaceflight Now. Unlike previous launches, this one has no date and no “mission ownership.” All that is known is the mission price tag ($500 million) and its code name “PAN,” which most likely is meaningless, according to the story. The rocket’s payload may belong to United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, based on previous launch schedule information that was made public.
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