Fantastic coverage Tory and team! It never gets old seeing the nozzle extension drop down and lock into place. I would love to see a video on how that is accomplished but I won't hold my breath, lol. I read on the Vulcan Wikipedia page that the upper stage Centaur is using a nozzle extension as well. It is a fixed extension or is it the drop-down, lock-in type like Delta IV Heavy? It's sad seeing this absolute beast of a rocket retiring after its next launch. Truly an end of an era for sure. Best of luck with Vulcan in the future!
At 3:10 into the video I was delighted to see vortices rings on the left booster connection strut. First time I’ve noticed this. Going to miss the RL-10 screw jacks in operation. Or will they do that on Vulcan?
Goodbye rocket cam. You performed magnificently on that launch. Thank you ULA for the wonderful views. The Basket/net that extends when the second stage ignites... What is it made of that it doesn't burn up?
@@AeonExploration The performance part I understand. I don't know what material was used in its construction. It has to handle tremendous heat and tremendous pressure but it looks very flimsy.
@@bblod4896he exact material is called Novoltex (R) Sepcarb (R), which is a carbon-carbon composite material like the Shuttle's RCC. So it's both very thermally resistant and probably brittle.
