Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, Apollo 8. Are you ready to go—for us to go through with the P52 now?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

That's negative, Apollo 8. We would like to update things first, and we're going to give you a LM state vector and then an external DELTA-V.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

And with P00 in ACCEPT while we'll go ahead and work on that.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. We've got your PAD's. We're ready to read up to you, And we're standing by to uplink your state vector and external DELTA-V whenever you're ready to give us ACCEPT.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. Just stand by one, and we will get the PAD from you.

Frank Borman (CDR)

And we will put in—TM in ACCEPT now—at this time.

Frank Borman (CDR)

We're ready to copy the PAD.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, Apollo 8. I didn't copy that last one. We are sending you state vector up now.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. We say we are ready to copy the PAD.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. The first PAD will be a maneuver PAD, MCC one, and this will be an SPS/G&N beginning with the weight, 63295 minus 163 plus 129 010:59:58.30 plus 001 36 minus 00 045 plus 002 02 345 188 343 999 99 plus 016 85 002 48 002 001 86 23 2013 164 012 up 276, left 04, November Alfa for the remainder of that column. In the comments: north stars; 068 097 356, a no ullage start, and a single bank burn on bank Alfa. Over.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, Apollo 8. MCC 1 maneuvers: SPS/G&N 63295 minus 163 plus 129 010:59:58.30 plus 00136 minus 00045 plus 00202 345 188 343 all 9's plus 01685 000248 002 00186 23 2013 164 012, up 27-6, left 04 November Alfa for the remainder. North set stars, roll 068, pitch 097, yaw 356, no ullage single bank—bank Alfa.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Roger, Apollo 8. That's correct. And I have a TLI plus—11 PAD for you.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, Apollo 8. Go ahead.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Roger, Apollo 8. Loud and clear now. Are you ready to copy?

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. This is a TLI plus 11, SPS/G&N. This assumes a midcourse correction number 1: 631 40 minus 163, plus 129 013:56:48.97, minus 005, 99, plus 00 00 0, plus 47016, 177 143 000 November Alfa, plus 001 97 47 020 5 51 468 18 12 12 83 257 023, up 263, left 17, plus 11 95, minus 165 00 126 83 356 08 050:47:05, north stars; 068 097 356, no ullage. For the fast return P37 DELTA-V, 7900 for the Indian Ocean, high speed procedure not required for the MS. This assumes midcourse correction 1. Over.

Frank Borman (CDR)

TLI plus 11 SPS/G&N 63140, minus 163, plus 129 13:56:48.97, minus 00599, plus 00000. And I believe it's plus 47016.

Frank Borman (CDR)

177 143 000 NA, plus 00197, 47020 551 46818 12 128.3 257 023, up 263, left 17, plus 1195, minus 16500, plus 126 23 35608 050:47:05, the north set, roll 68, pitch 97, yaw 356, no ullage, P37 high speed, 7900 Indian Ocean, and high speed procedures for the MS are not required; assumed MCC 1.

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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Roger, Apollo 8. Two corrections on the GETI. The hour's 013. Range to go EMS.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Roger. Copy that and the rings to go in the EMS 126 83. Over.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, this is Apollo 8. Be advised that we doubted that it would be possible to use the stars to get our backup alignment. We haven't been able to see any stars through the scanning telescope yet.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay. And another comment for you, Apollo 8; like for you to use VERB 37 to select P00 and then wait for your computer activity light to go off prior to unzap of the LM NAV to CSM SLA.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. You ready for us to do that now?

Frank Borman (CDR)

Houston, this is Apollo 8.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Okay. Now we'll go ahead and start back towards the flight plan around 8 hours here of P52, right?

Frank Borman (CDR)

Well, we—we have transferred—wait—we've transferred the state vector to the LM SLA already before we did a 52. So we're going to do the 52 now.

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Okay, Apollo 8. That's good procedure and -

Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)

Roger. Will you check your up-telemetry switch to BLOCK, please?

Frank Borman (CDR)

Thank you. It's in BLOCK.