Atlas V upper stage launched in 2018 has been observed to have broken up in orbit

https://x.com/sling_shot_aero/status/1832071044221600129

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  1. This follows several previous Atlas V Centaur upper stages breaking up in orbit in 2018 and twice in 2019 which were launched in 2014, 2009 and 2018 respectively.

    I’m hopeful that they will have fixed this issue for Centaur V used on Vulcan.