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Frank Borman (CDR): — and we have SECO.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. SECO.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You are GO.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Apollo 8 is GO. Thank you, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): AOS is MANUAL.
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Frank Borman (CDR): … is OFF.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, we're recording altitude HA 1026, HP 96.8, RVI 25 560.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Apollo 8. Understand; apogee 102.6, perigee 96.8, and velocity—I understand—25 560. Could you confirm?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): That's affirmative.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you, Jim.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We are rewinding the tape recorder at this time. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We have you apogee 103, perigee 99. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): 103, 99.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8. Houston. We have you 1 minute from LOS the Vanguard. We'll see you over the Canaries at 16:28.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you, Houston; 16:28.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston through the Canaries. How do you read me?
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Frank Borman (CDR): You are loud and clear, Houston, over the Canaries.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Good; you are clear, too. How is it going?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Fine. We seem to be going along very well. We noticed about a 10-pound DELTA-V between the oxygen fuel in the SPS zone.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. That is normal; that's just about what we expected. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): This is 8. Go ahead.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. when you do your P52, you can expect a torquing angle of 0.25 degrees. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Torquing angle of 0.25 degrees when we do P52. Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Stand by for the—a—stand by. Okay. Main REG B valve closed.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Say again.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Negative. we didn't say anything. Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): I think you were transmitting; Jim was transmitting and disregard.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. No matter.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8. Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. You have 1 minute to LOS Canaries. Everything is looking good onboard the spacecraft and the S-IVB; we will see you over Tananarive at 37 minutes. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Thank you, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You have the tape recorder low bit rate. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): You are welcome.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you weak but clear. How me?
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Frank Borman (CDR): You're loud and clear, Mike. Everything seems to be going very well.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. Everything looks real good on the ground with both vehicles. We still have you 103 by 99 on your orbit from my low speed data, and everything is looking real good. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): We have 1 minute to LOS Tananarive; we will see you again over Carnarvon at 52:09. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We do have the optic covers jettisoned, and everything seems to be going fine.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Optics cover jettisoned. Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead,Houston. Apollo 8. You're loud and clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. You're loud and clear over Carnarvon. We would like to take DSE away from you for a second.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Go ahead.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Lots of lights down there.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Houston here, Apollo 8. Go ahead.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. The torquing angle's 00026; that's plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. And copy plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. We checked on stars 6 and 15, and the error was plus 00001.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Sounds pretty good.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Pretty good for a beginner here.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Right.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We have about 1 minute to LOS Carnarvon, and everything is looking good with the spacecraft and the S-IVB. We'll see you over Honeysuckle Creek at 59:27—just here shortly.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Thank you.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Hello, Houston. Apollo 8. How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Loud and clear, Apollo 8. Houston here.
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Bill Anders (LMP): … How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Reading you loud and clear, Bill. How me?
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8 on S-band. If you read, everything is GO.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand, Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger, Houston. Read you loud and clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): We are reading you loud and clear also, Bill. The problem here over Honeysuckle has been on the ground. Your spacecraft equipment is all working fine. We are going to have LOS in about a minute, and we will pick you up over Guaymas at 01:28:13. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. 01:28:13; thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): We are giving the DSE back to you, Apollo 8.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. How do you read me?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Houston, Apollo 8. Standing by for a GO for the backup COMM check. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Stand by one, Bill.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): California, inhibit VHF downlink.
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CommTech: California inhibited.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go ahead with backup voice check.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go ahead, with backup voice check. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead with backup voice check. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger, Mike. I gave you a count. I'll give you another one. Are you standing by?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. This is Apollo 8 through backup voice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Bill. Reading you weak but clear. Go ahead with normal S-band voice check.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8 on normal S-band: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. How do you read? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear normal S-band. How me?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear on normal S-band. How me? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger, Houston. This is Apollo 8. Reading you loud and clear on normal.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Reading you loud and clear on normal S-band. How me?
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Bill Anders (LMP): Clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8. How do you read on VHF? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear. We are also reading you loud and clear on S-band normal. How me? Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. I'm reading you loud and clear. I'll give you another count on S-band normal: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. How do you read me?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. That's loud and clear, Bill. California, would you ENABLE the VHF downlink, please?
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CommTech: California ENABLED.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. We are going to rewind your tape recorder, and we have the TLI plus 90 and TLI plus 4-hour PAD's at your convenience. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Ready to copy.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. TLI plus 90, SPS/G&N, 635 31 minus 164 plus 129. Are you with me so far? Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We're with you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. 004:17:42.65 minus 04402 minus 00001 plus 48387 178 169 359, not applicable, plus 00185 48587 603 48383 06 2027 250, earth center 0123—correction: down 123; I say again, down 123, right 22 plus 21123 minus 03000 12313 34494 017:47:39, north set stars roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, ullage none; other: high speed procedure not required. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8. We missed a portion of that maneuver PAD. Can you start with HP and go down to boresight star? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. I say again, HP plus 00185. Are you with me?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We're with you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 48587 603 48383 06 2027 250, and the boresight star is earth's center. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Did you copy?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger, Houston. This is a TLI plus 90 as follows: minus- the weight will be plus 63531 minus 164 plus 129 0041 74265 minus 04402 minus 0001 plus 48387 178 169 359 plus 00185 48587 603 48383. We will have to get the sextant information later; 123 minus 030.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, did you copy?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We are picking you up now over Bermuda. I did not copy your readback after DELTA-V_C. That was the last quantity—I received.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger, Houston. Could you give us the sextant information again, the sextant star information?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That's affirmative. The sextant star 06, shaft 2027, trunnion 250. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Starting out with the sextant star, 06 2007 250, earth's center down 123, right 22 plus 1123 minus 03000 12313 34494 017 47 39; north set, roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, no ullage.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Jim, on your sextant star, the shaft should be 2027—2027. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Copy 2027.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Would you go to P00 and ACCEPT, please? We want to send up the state vector.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): We are in ACCEPT.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. You are in ACCEPT.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Go ahead. We are in P00 and ACCEPT.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you. I have your TLI plus 4-hour PAD when you are ready to copy and your TLI PAD also.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Ready to copy.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. TLI plus 4 hours, SPS/G&N. Weight is still 63531 as printed; the pitch and yaw minus 164 and plus 129. Are you with me so far?

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