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In space now. Chilling second stage.
Launch looked a bit chunky but I guess that's just the solids.
Actually rewatching it, it looks like might have been a nozzle failure on one of the GEMs. There's a big flare before clouds obscure the rocket - much bigger than the ice. After this, one side looks to have a bigger exhaust plume than the other, and burns out slightly sooner.
Yeah, NSF are speculating about it.
https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1842169172932886538
Yeah, NSF are pulling in other angles and it definitely blows chunks and yaws slightly. Centaur burn went long - I wonder if that impacts the second burn.
Meanwhile ULA: "Everything performing nominally"
Tory Bruno confirms "Observation on SRB#1".
An SRB blowing its nozzle off is certainly one hell of an "observation". Pretty impressive that the rest of the vehicle was able to compensate for the funky thrust.