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Had another look at this, the vehicle roll-rate and gimballing is crazy !

I'm half surprised it held together and hats off to the design team to be able to deal with this !

Now I understand the ULA quote that said "Signification performance issue"

Source: CarstensPete on the other site

#USSF87

12.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 22 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2

And now we wait for more pretty pics :)

#VA267

12.02.2026 18:50 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

And separation confirmed..... times 32 :)

#VA267

12.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen just provided his unfiltered opinion on the new rule changes/Formula 1 cars: TL;DR they suck and he puts in doubt his desire to continue driving in Formula 1...

Welcome to the new season :)

In Dutch
www.nu.nl/formule-1/63...

12.02.2026 18:06 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

12.02.2026 17:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

the dark spots ? probably soot

12.02.2026 17:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Meanwhile, in Skippy land (that's Australia for those who never saw the cute kangaroo TV series) our big dish is tracking Ariane 6

#VA267

12.02.2026 17:41 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting call out over the loop, they seem to be using TDRS for telemetry in this flight
#VA267

12.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Probably the best "view" of Amazone Leo/Kuiper satellites we will get...

#VA267

12.02.2026 17:05 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Staging

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Booster Sep

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 29 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

Rocket Cam !

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

And lift-off

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:46 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

While we wait, launcher serial is L6006

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:38 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Green board, lets go !

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Nice pad shot...

#VA267

12.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Ready to go...

#VA267 #Ariane6

12.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test – Spaceflight Now

also @spaceflightnow.com has this:

spaceflightnow.com/2026/02/12/n...

12.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like they are doing a tanking test/seal check TODAY, this is not the WDR-2 but a check to see if the repairs to the LH2 seals worked

#ArtemisII

12.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Meanwhile at CSG, the first 4 booster Ariane 6 is out on the pad

📸ESA - M. Pédoussaut

#VA267 #Ariane6 #CSG

12.02.2026 11:10 — 👍 72 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

Meanwhile at pad 39B, did some Artemis II OSINT, it seems the work on the TSMU / LH2 seals is done as the support platform has been removed

Pics from the 7th and the 11th of Feb
Source: officiallygoob and SchilkeScott on the other site.

#ArtemisII

12.02.2026 10:44 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

And ULA confirming the observation
#USSF87

12.02.2026 10:35 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like ULA's Vulcan had another observation on it's SRBs...

However staging and the rest of the flight seemed nominal...
#USSF87

12.02.2026 09:39 — 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 3

Although there is no official new WDR-2 date, some sites are reporting that Tuesday next week could be an option, awaiting further updates from NASA..

Meanwhile I've updated my app with further UI tweaks, event updates (after the NASA blog post) and a button to switch streams -> x37b.nl/artemis/

11.02.2026 19:35 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0