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The Enigma Files 271Martian activities, then it is decommissioned. They noted thesimilarity of fates between the Phobos II, the Mars Observer,and the Titan 4 rocket, which blew up carrying a super-secretspy satellite in August 1993.That same month, we lost our newest weather satellite.The weather satellite, NOAA-13, was lost shortly after itslaunch on August 9, 1993, according to the Associated Press.The polar-orbiting satellite, designed to permit a view of theentire Earth during the course of one day, had been operatingsuccessfully until contact was suddenly lost, said officials ofthe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 19Later, on October 5,1993, a new Landsat 6 satellite waslost after being released off of a Titan 2 rocket 180 nauticalmiles from Earth. No one knows what happened to it.An article in Science News said the loss of the Landsat 6would force both private companies and government agenciesto rely on the Landsat 5 satellite for images of Earth. TheLandsat 5, which had lost part of its ability to transmit data,was launched in 1984.A Titan 4 rocket, carrying top-secret military cargo, explodedmoments after takeoff on August 2, 1993. Accordingto Space News, the cause of the explosion was thought to havebeen linked to a solid rocket motor segment that had undergonerepairs by the manufacturer.A less mundane cause was noted in the same article:But in a strange twist, [U.S. Air Force colonel and theTitan 4 program manager Frank] Stirling said he hasbeen told that the Air Force video of the launch showsan unidentified object apparently striking the Titan at