Spacelog Apollo 8

— and we have SECO.

Roger. SECO.

Apollo 8, Houston. You are GO.

Apollo 8 is GO. Thank you, Houston.

AOS is MANUAL.

… is OFF.

Houston, we're recording altitude HA 1026, HP 96.8, RVI 25 560.

Roger, Apollo 8. Understand; apogee 102.6, perigee 96.8, and velocity—I understand—25 560. Could you confirm?

That's affirmative.

Thank you, Jim.

Apollo 8, Houston. We are rewinding the tape recorder at this time. Over.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston. We have you apogee 103, perigee 99. Over.

103, 99.

Roger.

Apollo 8. Houston. We have you 1 minute from LOS the Vanguard. We'll see you over the Canaries at 16:28.

Thank you, Houston; 16:28.

Roger.

Apollo 8, Houston through the Canaries. How do you read me?

You are loud and clear, Houston, over the Canaries.

Good; you are clear, too. How is it going?

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.

Apollo 8, Houston. That is normal; that's just about what we expected. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston.

This is 8. Go ahead.

Roger, Jim. when you do your P52, you can expect a torquing angle of 0.25 degrees. Over.

Roger. Torquing angle of 0.25 degrees when we do P52. Thank you.

Roger.

Stand by for the—a—stand by. Okay. Main REG B valve closed.

Apollo 8, Houston. Say again.

Negative. we didn't say anything. Go ahead, Houston.

I think you were transmitting; Jim was transmitting and disregard.

Roger. No matter.

Apollo 8. Houston.

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.

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.

Roger. Thank you, Houston. Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. You have the tape recorder low bit rate. Over.

Thank you.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?

Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you weak but clear. How me?

You're loud and clear, Mike. Everything seems to be going very well.

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.

Roger. Go ahead.

Lots of lights down there.

Houston, this is Apollo 8.

Houston here, Apollo 8. Go ahead.

Roger. The torquing angle's 00026; that's plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.

Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. And copy plus 00026 plus 00035 plus 00119.

Roger. We checked on stars 6 and 15, and the error was plus 00001.

Sounds pretty good.

Pretty good for a beginner here.

Right.

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.

Hello, Houston. Apollo 8. How do you read?

Loud and clear, Apollo 8. Houston here.

… How do you read?

Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?

Reading you loud and clear, Bill. How me?

Houston, Apollo 8. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8 on S-band. If you read, everything is GO.

Roger. Understand, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Roger, Houston. Read you loud and clear.

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.

Roger. 01:28:13; thank you.

Roger.

We are giving the DSE back to you, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8. Over.

Roger. How do you read me?

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Roger. Houston, Apollo 8. Standing by for a GO for the backup COMM check. Over.

Roger. Stand by one, Bill.

California, inhibit VHF downlink.

California inhibited.