Because we need to be thinking in three dimensions, a stand-alone post until it's not.

Rhetorical question: incompetence or shenanigans?

A U.S. spy satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX rocket on Sunday failed to reach orbit and is assumed to be a total loss, two U.S. officials briefed on the mission said on Monday.
The classified intelligence satellite, built by Northrop Grumman Corp, failed to separate from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and is assumed to have broken up or plunged into the sea, said the two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The satellite is assumed to be "a write-off," one of the officials said.
The presumed loss of the satellite was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...als/ar-BBI8tMs

For further reference, consult this currently locked thread
USAF Space Chief Sees Final Frontier as Battleground
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=26092