Ongoing space drama:
SpaceX launched an extremely secret classified payload known only as Zuma Sunday night. The publicly covered portion of the launch (basically the stage 1 booster flight and relanding) was apparently successful, with the remainder of the mission not being publicly covered due to secrecy. However, a Dutch pilot took a picture that appears to be the second and final stage of the rocket de-orbiting (after having reached orbit) in a controlled manner.
There were rumors swirling last night that the mission was a failure, and the mainstream press is now reporting government sources saying that the satellite was lost:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spy...ils-1515462479
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/08/high...ex-launch.html
Specifically, there are vague indications that the payload reentered the atmosphere, which seems to imply that it didn't disconnect from the second stage of the rocket as planned and came back to earth when the second stage de-orbited itself.
Reports are also indicating that the lost payload was worth billions of dollars, so there is likely to be lots of public fingerpointing. SpaceX in particular is very pointedly blaming everything on Northrop Grumman, who built the satellite, while the press reports do a lot to tie the failure to SpaceX.
And of course, given the classified nature of the mission, there are all kinds of tinfoil theories that the satellite actually is in orbit and replaced or docked to an existing satellite for secrecy, or that it was some kind of military test of hypersonic aircraft or kinetic-strike weaponry.