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Re:SpaceX launches first U.S. national security space mission by dylan604 on Monday December 24, 2018 @09:07PM (#18755428)
Do they mean first "successful" launch to orbit? I thought the launch where the payload failed to separate was the first launch, even though the launch was a success and the deployment failed. Why is this launch considered first?
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Re:SpaceX launches first U.S. national security space mission by gpm on Monday December 24, 2018 @09:59PM (#18755591)
They've successfully launched successful national security missions before that successfully separated (e.g. NROL 76). The headline is just wrong.

I think it is the first satellite in this particular set of related launches.

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