Vulcan - CERT-2 Test - Seen thru 3 Telescopes and IR - SRB Nozzle Burns Off
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Awesome morning launch. The Nozzle of the SRB burnt off. Ed was able to track all the way to fairing seperation. We are a US disabled veteran run, non-profit video production company whose mission is to bring other disabled US Veterans to witness a launch, experience US Space History and become part of our report. Our nonprofit 501(c)(3) is 100% tax deductible, just go to our webpage www.USLaunchReport.com which is merged with www.VeteransSpaceReport.com and find our Donate button. You can help change the life of a US Veteran. Thank You
This is incredible! You can see the lack of a nozzle. This is the best view I've seen of that SRB failure so far! Great work! Thank you for posting this, we appreciate your efforts!
This is the greatest launch footage channel. You all are really capturing history up close.
Hey Homemade Docs!
Thanks we put alot of effort into posting these videos
Wow! This is the channel for us geeks.
Thanks you tell them
I was watching that "live" and was thinking, "Are they using some kind of ablative in the nozzles?" Turns out, "Well, sorta." Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks again Bill
You guys have an impressive operation going!
Appreciate your positive opinion
Great job! Amazing shot of second stage separation. The IR is awesome!
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The IR camera really shows how dangerous this SRB failure was! Look at the debris in the exhaust plume! Luck was all they had keeping this mission together.
Wow! This is some epic video!
Thanks luckily very few clouds which are our mortal enemy
Thank you as always for phenomenal video of these events. Unmatched imagery of the very highest quality.
Peaceful Skies
Thanks, clouds cooperated today which this summer was unusual
Beautiful work. Great audio in my headphones...completely filmed, edited, and uploaded quickly. Great job!
Thanks we put in a long day on this one
This is what being extremely lucky looks like.
Extremely lucky, and*really* good guidance software.
@@Infinite_Maelstrom And amazing margins on the BE-4s and RL-10s.
Impressive that it was able to handle such a large malfunction.
Large observation****
I've been waiting for video from that launch from you
Thanks for waiting glad it was worth the wait
Lots of debris coming out with the exhaust plume on the IR camera.
My observation is the engine nozzle had a rapid unscheduled disassembly and they were extremely lucky that it didn’t initiate the sequence for the total loss of vehicle.
Great job Mike
super job on the video as usual
Thanks
Excellent! 👌🏾
ULA got Extremely Lucky w/ this launch. That nozzle breakup could have easily got into the adjacent BE-4 main engine. They beat the odd's on this one.
From my video the first leak happens at T0+23 sec. This may be seen in other video at +26 sec well before the larger event at +37 sec. I just caught the nozzle at the bottom of frame. Will try to post a slo-mo.
Thinking of Challenger….. 😮😢
@david - yes. me, too
as soon as i saw stuff coming off the booster i thought of challenger
@@BamboozeldGG - yeah 😔😔
not really the same issue. there are no O-rings in this SRB. looks like the nozzle burned through but the rest of the booster shouldn't lose any integrity because of it. In fact, chamber pressure might even be lower.
@@o-nfive1794there is still an o-ring seal where the nozzle section is attached to the main body of the booster. It’s true that there are no o-rings between segments.
It didn't cert so well. Amazing that it compensated and made it to orbit,, that's a plus. I'd look into the age of the booster. how much moisture has it absorbed while waiting how long ? for a flight. Is there a best if used by date on it?
"No investigation required"
They got lucky.
That's an astute 'observation'.
Very dam lucky and bet the FAA won’t give them fees
Yeah look at the Delta 2 I believe launch what happens when a strap on goes bad....
Lucky and/or sturdy, fail-safe design.
Big time
Yea, space!
I suppose that the only reason that they achieved the intended orbit with this failure is because the mass simulator was about half the mass a properly functioning vehicle could have delivered to that orbit.
That there good redundancy on that booster 😮
Look at those boosters burn. I love ammonium perchlorate
Congratulations to ULA in joining Boeing and SpaceX in the FAA doghouse.
Faa needs to be disbanded
1 new FAA for production spacecraft
2- anorher new FAA/ Agency for experimental spacecrafts
Nope, no investigation needed
Only space x is in the dog house and they have launched hundreds and hundreds of missions
@@enoughofthis No
😂
FOX35 and WESH are still reporting a nominal launch. 7 PM.
It is quite curious, if they ultimately hit the traget orbit taking into account such a thrust lack?
Yes
Lucky escape. It could have been a Challenger just if the burn through had occurred on the side closest to the Vulcan.
7:38 shows the bit that fell off?
What is the wavelength of the IR camera? 0,8 micron? Or longer ?
3-5 um. Don't know much about IR cameras. Put this together from 2 different systems. Looking for help on these systems. The cooler and chip came out of a gyrocam system. The only control I have is 12 volt dc ( on and off) and focus and zoom. Many other wires unused which I don't know there function
That is in the MWIR range used for fire monitoring and tracking things at about 600 kelvin. quite expensive equipment normally. Enjoy it , and thanks for your videos
Nice lense
Pity the clouds got in the way just as the booster blew it's nozzle.
Lets see if the FAA calls for ULA to be grounded for this "anomaly.".....
For spacecraft the FAA is primarily concerned with danger to civilians. A failure of an SRB during launch is not likely to harm anybody. If it endangered people further downrange or if this was a controlled reentry issue then yes, the rocket would be grounded.
I wouldn't put a payload on that rocket
Its a tad overexposed. Maybe bringing it down -1.5 exposure next. Otherwise, great tracking and capture overall!
We were setup for a night launch which turned into a morning launch and we also can't crawl over the tracker adjusting cameras for different light settings. When you have multiple cameras set up it's not feasible to be changing settings.
What is the wavelength of the IR camera sensor ? 1 micron ?
The callouts are not correct in this video
The callouts were not correct on ULA's broadcast either.
Yes we just sync the audio to our video in editing
Flight computer automatically delayed booster seperation
ULA and Boeing specifically really seem prone to screwups these days.
lens
Non reusable throwback rocket using solid rocket boosters. We know what can happen with them.
IR footage isnt very helpful^^
Newer long range IR high definition systems cost around $200,000 k.
@@edgeiger6621 i mean aiming such equipment at SRB exhaust where the entire image just gets overexposed
Understand. This mid range IR system I put together from two different systems that were surplus. The only control I have of the camera b
So bored with all the whiney immature Musk fanboys all butt-hurt about him having to follow the rules. Grow up!
Yep. They are tiresome aren't they.
Goodness please don't be bored! Think of the children!
Junk... give the contract to SpaceX
SRB, bad design! FIX IT!
It’s a simple fix
As for the booster, it’s part of a generation of an SRB family dated back to the 80’s called Gem. Gem is a masterpiece of SRB engineering made by orbital ATK, now Grumman. However this is only the second time a gem booster failed. The first time was on a delta 2 rocket. A defective casing exploded causing the flight termination system to detonate early. The result was the biggest explosion in Cape Canaveral. Car bodies were deformed by the gas as some buildings and trees were pelted and bombed by debris. However delta 2 continued to succeed after the disaster with the gem boosters. Ever since then gem boosters would be upgraded for later delta 2s, the forgotten delta 3, the famous delta 4 medium, atlas 5 with a unique nose, and finally Vulcan would likely be the last owner of the Gem family of rocket boosters. You see how much it took for that design of boosters to reach its ultimate form. However the second failure was due to a crack in between the casing and the nozzle causing the nozzle itself to explode. However Vulcan prove it can fly with one booster. Not saying gem is bad, it’s a good design that needs to take really good care and proper inspection constantly.
@@goldgamercommenting2990 - Multiple verifications needed. As it is currently, I sure as hell wouldn't strap my ass to one of them. just sayin'.....
@@rb032682 um try researching? all that he said is true. not sure if youtube will let you link stuff. the only thing that was misleading was the failure reason on the booster, because that could have been for any number of reasons, and it's too early to tell. could have been quality control or an issue during ground handling.
@@imEden0 - I neither stated nor implied any doubt regarding the veracity of @goldgamer's claims.
@@goldgamercommenting2990 This is actually an extended version of the tried and tested one that has an almost perfect record. As far as I can tell it is identical except for being longer, hence the higher thrust. I would think they also made some changes to the nozzle for it to handle the extra heat and pressure, but perhaps not sufficiently, and I'm guessing that's where it went wrong.