Seen them countless times because I live 14 miles from the Cape. The booster returned but the second stage did not burn. It was LIGHTS OUT at separation. The rocket took a very steep trajectory, at least 20 degrees to vertical from normal. Rocket went dark at the end of first stage and the booster could be seen. Sonic boom confirmed on booster re-entry, but no way satellite could have been deployed. A very bizarre phenomenon when compared to all prior launches.
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Ho-Lee-Fuk ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfc3Ts-eDB0 at about 1:30 a guy is really surprised. It looks to me like it fucking blew up. I shit you not.
Oh_Well_ian ago
exactly... it looked like an abort, with the booster returning.