SpaceX customer blames Northrop Grumman
A major SpaceX customer speaks up for Elon Musk's rocket company, pinning blame for a secret military satellite's disappearance on defence company Northrop Grumman
Matt Desch, chief executive officer of satellite operator Iridium Communications, said that as the launch contractor, Northrop Grumman deserves the blame for the loss last weekend of the satellite, which is presumed to have crashed into the ocean in the secretive mission code-named Zuma.
"This is a typical industry smear job on the 'upstart' trying to disrupt the launch industry," Desch said on Twitter Thursday in response to a news article. "SpaceX didn’t have a failure, Northrop Grumman did. Notice that no one in the media is interested in that story. SpaceX will pay the price as the one some will try to bring low."
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