Missle detection satellite dies untmly death?

boy that sucks...

Ummmm....what is thissss??? Whatever it is, it looks like it disintegrated!

Atlas V SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite (a missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force)

Taken out?

4 aug 2022, United Launch Alliance was in action Thursday, using an Atlas V rocket to deploy a missile detection satellite for the US Space Force. Liftoff of the SBIRS GEO 6 mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is occurred at the opening of a 40-minute window at 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC).

The Space-Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, plays a key role in defending the United States and its allies from missile attacks. Combining dedicated satellites in geosynchronous orbit and sensors hosted on other spacecraft in inclined elliptical orbits, it keeps a constant watch for the signs of rocket and missile launches around the world. SBIRS satellites are equipped with infrared sensors to detect missiles by the heat signatures of their exhaust plumes.

So going up, not coming down! Whew!

No......it was a normal & successful launch

Here's the portion of the launch [the moving car was showing us thru the trees] from one of the tracking cameras. The exhaust from the liquid fueled engines spreads out in the upper atmosphere

No. The launch was successful. I tracked it from the pad until it set behind clouds low on the horizon.

And since it launched minutes before sunrise, it reached line of sight to the sun very quickly and this illuminated the exhaust in the pre-dawn sky.