Ooops! A bit premature with the champage bottle.
It appears the satellite went boom instead on into orbit.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/09/spacex-did-everything-correctly-in-botched-spy-satellite-launch.html
I like where SpaceX channels Intel by saying the rocket performed as expected. I would have thought the idea was to have the satellite survive.
This is not the first time SpaceX has performed as expected while blowing up someone else's very expensive hardware. The best one was when a rocket blew up on the launch pad taking a $300M satellite with it. They have done a good job of driving down the cost of launches; but, you have to factor in the very real possibility your payload will not survive. Sometimes the old adage of you get what you pay for rings true.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
