US spy satellite declared loss, to drop from orbit

Washington (ANTARA News) - The National Reconnaissance Office has
deemed an experimental U.S. spy satellite a total loss and will allow
it to slowly drop from orbit and burn up in the atmosphere, two defense
officials told Reuters this week.



The classified L-21, built by Lockheed Martin Corp at a cost of
hundreds of millions of dollars, was launched on Dec. 14 but has been
out of touch since reaching its low-earth orbit, put by satellite
watchers at about 220 miles (350 km) above the earth.

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