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News Vulcan: ULA's Next Generation Launcher
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T0, liftoff!
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kaput
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SRM nozzle seems to have gone, vehicie still going
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A bit sideways...
SRM sep
SRM sep
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Now, did the extra plume cause any damage to the engine zone in the core?
And does it have enough performance... it pitched up a lot now....
And does it have enough performance... it pitched up a lot now....
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Once that nozzle went, I was really expecting to see that thing turn into fireworks, celebrating the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.
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MECO-1 (about 20 seconds late)
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Even more uncomfortable from this angle
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Escape velocity? I wouldn't bet on that, but maybe the Centaur can pull it off like with Voyager 1.
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Burn-thru above the nozzle, and it seems the nozzle breaks away.
Meanwhile, not a single official word about this.
2º Centaur burn coming up...
Meanwhile, not a single official word about this.
2º Centaur burn coming up...
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Centaur now burning... expected to burn until T+34:55, but that seems unlikely to happen.
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MECO-2, about 5s late... not indications on if it ran dry.
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Simulated spacecraft separation! (just simulated, nothing separated)
More Centaur operations going on...
More Centaur operations going on...
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Webcasting coming to an end. But before that the, boss himself has a few words:
"nominal trajectory"
"had an observation on SRB-1, will look into it post-flight"
"nominal trajectory"
"had an observation on SRB-1, will look into it post-flight"
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The launch replay at the end of the webcast was cut before the "observation". 
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Interesting. One of the SRB's exhaust plumes didn't look right at all. Looks like a very close call.
Still no official statement?
Still no official statement?
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Very evident the lack of nozzle.
Lots of people thanking the BE-4s for saving Vulcan today... as if the engines gimbal by themselves...
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Wow, I would expect the loss of a nozzle to be catastrophic (at least for the booster and eventually for the rest of the LV too).
Yeah. That surprises me as well. Engines are supposed to gimbal for balancing the vehicle during powered flight anyway. I see nothing special here. The rocket did what it was supposed to do - fly on its trajectory and compensate deviationsLots of people thanking the BE-4s for saving Vulcan today... as if the engines gimbal by themselves...
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