[devane617]

I watched it liftoff yesterday—on TV—and it was impressive. However, it looked odd at liftoff. Something appeared odd, and I can say exactly what. Slow, cumbersome, at an odd angle immediately after ignition...

[Kakaze]

I saw that too, I thought for a fraction of a second it leaned south, ( or to the right per my video angle)then corrected itself.

[Habibi]

“at an odd angle immediately after ignition...”

Yeah, I noticed that also. It seemed like it tipped slightly to the right. Maybe that’s what it was supposed to do. I put it down to its prototype status. Sometimes things are done on the test beds that would never be done with a “production” launch. Booster shut down at a little over 100k’. Interesting separation. :-)

[Moonman62]

I watched it liftoff yesterday—on TV—and it was impressive. However, it looked odd at liftoff. Something appeared odd, and I can say exactly what. Slow, cumbersome, at an odd angle immediately after ignition...

I read somewhere that it was a programmed maneuver to avoid damage to the launch pad.