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SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes it will one day carry people to Mars.
An amateur satellite observer in Canada named Scott Tilley discovered the signal accidentally.
When all of a sudden, up popped a signal from space.
It came from Starshield, a network of classified satellites built by SpaceX for the U.S.
Starshield is broadcasting on radio frequencies normally reserved to send commands from Earth to satellites in orbit.
Tilly worries it might disrupt communications with other scientific and commercial satellites.
It's unclear what the signal is for.
National Reconnaissance Office did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
Current and former employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration told NPR more than 100 staff have been laid off as part of a government-wide reduction in force.
The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the agency, said the layoffs came late Friday as the nation's government shutdown dragged on.
The agency is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline,
It also gives out billions in grants for mental health and addiction services.
The mental health agency has not been a favor of the Trump administration.
Earlier this year, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
told Congress that he intended to fold its duties into a new program he calls the Administration for a Healthy America.