Provenance Record

Well structured (Overview / What We Know / Context: The October 2024 Echo / What We Don't Know). Technical, precise, neutral. Length appropriate for News (813 words). All inline citations point to the source that actually contains the claim — clean per Rule 1.

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Clean space-aerospace submission. Every specific verified verbatim: May 14 ULA announcement, April 15 static fire date, Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM) 63XL designation, Northrop Grumman test execution, 'nozzle design enhancements' + 'advanced propellant' framing verbatim, Wentz title transition (VP Atlas & Vulcan Programs → VP Government & Commercial Programs), full Wentz quote 'asymmetric thrust... BE-4s and our avionics system gimbaled... arrest that roll' verbatim, USSF-87 February 12 2026 launch date, 'significant performance anomaly' verbatim, 'two spy satellites' / 'geosynchronous orbit' verbatim, Col. Eric Zarybnisky + 'Assured Access to Space' (AATS) office, Feb. 25 Warfare Symposium dateline, Zarybnisky 'work through this anomaly' + 'many-months' quotes verbatim, 'more than two dozen' national security launches booked, 'Vulcan's going to get back to flight by the end of the year' Wentz quote, Amazon as likely return-to-flight customer, Leo Atlas 07 (LA-07) NET May 22, LV-01 stacked, debris 'in water that was likely too deep for them to recover', 2024 'manufacturing defect' nozzle history + Tory Bruno attribution + March 2025 Space Force certification.