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02 15 54 56
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?
02 15 54 58
Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Loud and clear, Apollo 8.
02 15 55 03
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. Thank you.
02 15 55 05
Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger. We had a momentary loss there.
02 15 55 07
Frank Borman (CDR): How is the tracking?
02 15 55 09
Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Looking great.
02 15 55 10
Frank Borman (CDR): How's the tracking data look, Ken?
02 15 55 13
Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Looking great.
02 15 55 16
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 16 38 09
Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8 with a radio check.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear.
02 16 38 19
Bill Anders (LMP): Good evening, Jerry.
02 16 38 21
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Howdy. The Black Watch is watching.
02 16 38 30
Bill Anders (LMP): How do you read on this—how do you read on this antenna?
02 16 38 34
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Loud and clear on that one, Bill.
02 16 38 39
Bill Anders (LMP): That's great. Roger.
02 16 51 43
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. Do you read on OMNI 3?
02 16 51 48
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud with some background noise.
02 16 51 57
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. You are loud and clear.
02 17 24 01
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. COMM check.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger, Houston. This is Apollo 8. Loud and clear. How me?
02 17 24 11
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Loud and clear, Jim.
02 17 54 24
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston with a preliminary LOI 1 PAD. Over.
02 17 54 49
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
02 17 55 57
Jim Lovell (CMP): This is 8. Go ahead, Houston.
02 17 55 59
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. This is a preliminary LOI 1 PAD. Over.
02 17 56 08
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Standby one.
02 17 56 10
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by.
02 17 57 06
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Ready to copy.
02 17 57 10
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger. LOI 1 SPS/G&N, 62844, minus 161, plus 129 069:08:18.41. Copy?
02 17 57 52
Jim Lovell (CMP): 8 is copying.
02 17 57 55
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, 8. Minus 29837, plus 02390, plus 00994 000 200 005 01693, plus 00600 29949 402 29782. Copy?
02 17 58 02
Jim Lovell (CMP): 8 is copying.
02 17 58 15
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, 8. 010 689 260 Persei Zeta, down 048, left 05. The remainder is not applicable. Sirius, Rigel, set of stars for GDC align, 129 155 010, negative ullage. We'll pass the horizon window data later. Over.
02 17 59 15
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Preliminary LOI 1 PAD as follows: SPS/G&N; 62844, minus 161, plus 129. Are you copying?
02 17 59 30
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Copying.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): 069:08:18.41, minus 29837, plus 02390, plus 00994 000 200 005 01693, plus 00600 29949 402 29782 010 689 260, Persei Zeta, down 048, left 05. The remainder not applicable. Sirius, Rigel, 129 155 010. No ullage. We'll pass up the remainder up later.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. One question—we talked about a P40 gimbal check. Would you like to do that during this maneuver to LOI 1 attitude, or would you rather hold that off until a little closer to LOI? Over.
02 18 00 57
Jim Lovell (CMP): Let me check on that. Wait one, Houston.
02 18 01 01
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by.
02 18 02 39
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
02 18 02 40
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
02 18 02 47
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We could make this gimbal check as a maneuver to the LOI attitude.
02 18 02 53
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 18 03 00
Jim Lovell (CMP): I understand that you'll load us up with the LOI 1 PAD and we'll run through P40 as far as the gimbal check.
02 18 03 08
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. That's what we heard you were going to do on it. Are you going to run both the manual gimbals as well as the automatic? Over.
02 18 03 25
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
02 18 18 42
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Standing by to monitor P52. Over.
02 18 18 51
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Houston, Apollo 8. P52 complete.
02 18 27 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Copy.
02 18 42 01
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, how do you read? Apollo 8.
02 18 42 03
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Loud and clear.
02 18 42 11
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay, Jerry. At 67, we are going over to the LOI 1 attitude, do a sextant star check, and then we will have to go back to PTC. I want to know if you want us to go back to the same attitudes we are at now?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. That is affirmative, Frank. We are getting ready to ask you to do an erasable dump, VERB 47. We are ginning up to get ready for it now, and we will call you as soon as we are ready to copy.
02 18 42 41
Frank Borman (CDR): Understand. VERB 47 when you call.
02 18 42 45
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Negative; VERB 74.
02 18 42 50
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. VERB 74.
02 18 43 43
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are setting up for the dump now. It will take about 3 minutes and 20 seconds once we start the dump. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Understand.
02 18 47 09
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
02 18 47 12
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
02 18 47 17
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Can you point out the position of this Zeta Persei to us a little better? We don't have it marked on our charts. We have got Mirfak, and we know Algol, but which one is Zeta Persei?
02 18 47 30
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Persei Zeta is just about exactly between Aldebaran and Mirfak.
02 18 48 40
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are ready for your CMC erasable dump. Key VERB 74 ENTER. Over.
02 18 48 51
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 49 02
Jim Lovell (CMP): VERB 74 ENTER.
02 18 49 06
Frank Borman (CDR): Did you get it?
02 18 49 26
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. Are you getting the dump?
02 18 49 29
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Indications are that we are getting it; we are checking. You will have to leave the computer alone for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Over.
02 18 49 39
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We are.
02 18 49 49
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We are getting your dump low bit rate through Honeysuckle.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 50 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Persei Zeta is a third magnitude star same as Enif. Over.
02 18 50 15
Frank Borman (CDR): Same magnitude as Enif.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
02 18 51 14
Frank Borman (CDR): Jerry, when are you going to send us the TEI 1 and the rest of that block data?
02 18 51 31
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. PC plus 2 does not need an update. We'll have your TEI 1 and 2 in about 10 minutes. Over.
02 18 51 41
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 53 53
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
02 18 53 58
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
02 18 54 00
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The dump is complete; you can have your computer back. The reason for the dump was to investigate further the P52 anomaly you had about 4 hours ago. We will try to have some words for you in about 20 or 30 minutes. Over.
02 18 54 18
Frank Borman (CDR): You mean when it wouldn't come up with the proper star?
02 18 54 22
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
02 18 54 26
Jim Lovell (CMP): Okay.
02 18 54 30
Frank Borman (CDR): We are going to go ahead and start our maneuver to LOI 1 attitude.
02 18 54 34
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by to monitor.
02 18 54 42
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
02 18 54 45
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Houston. Go ahead.
02 18 54 50
Jim Lovell (CMP): During the flight, I noticed that the AUTO optics wouldn't drive to the star pick-a-pair selected. Example, it picked Alpheratz at one time, wouldn't drive there, drove to a spot that had no star; and I went back and reselected the program and came back, and it worked okay.
02 18 55 11
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. Copy.
02 18 55 26
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Jim, is this anomaly you are talking about—was that 4 hours ago when we did the REFSMMAT align?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): This happened, I think, yesterday. When we—we were doing a regular REFSMMAT alignment. Alpheratz was the first star selected, and it didn't drive to Alpheratz; and I ran and reselected the program again, and it worked okay.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay, Jim. Thank you.
02 18 55 56
Frank Borman (CDR): Jerry, this is Apollo 8.
02 18 55 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
02 18 55 59
Frank Borman (CDR): Apollo 8 here, Jerry.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Go ahead, Frank.
02 18 56 06
Frank Borman (CDR): Our PAD here is—Roger. Our PAD here hasn't been correct. I understand the gimbal angles for LOI 1 are roll 0, pitch 200, and yaw 5. Is that correct?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative, Frank. That is correct.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
02 18 57 39
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston with a map update. Over.
02 18 57 45
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. Stand by a minute.
02 18 57 48
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 18 58 04
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
02 18 58 07
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Map update REV 1, slash 2: 68:58:04 69:05:05 69:31:41 70:14:48. Copy?
02 18 58 41
Frank Borman (CDR): Copy.
02 18 58 43
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): 70:56:36 71:00:59 71:10:42 71:39:40 [03:00:23:17|72:23:17]. Copy?
02 18 59 21
Frank Borman (CDR): Copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Remarks: Charlie Poppa 1, 71:14:57, Charlie Poppa 2, 71:28:32, Charlie Poppa 3, 71:47:26, Bravo 1, 72:09:42. Over.
02 19 00 06
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Standby. I'll get the antenna.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Map update as follows, Houston: 68:58:04 69:05:05 69:31:41 70:14:48 70:56:36 71:00:59 71:10:42 71:39:40 72:23:17; Charlie Poppa 1, 71:14:57, Charlie Poppa 2, 71:28:32, Charlie Poppa 3, 71:47:26, Bravo 1, 72:09:42.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Readback is correct.
02 19 04 26
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Try to lock up an OMNI for us. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
02 19 04 59
Frank Borman (CDR): How do you read now, Houston?
02 19 05 03
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Reading you loud and clear. No TM.
02 19 05 11
Frank Borman (CDR): Understand. No TM.
02 19 06 33
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
02 19 06 39
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
02 19 06 41
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. How far are you from your gimbal drive check? Over.
02 19 06 50
Frank Borman (CDR): We're just maneuvering to the attitude now.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Can you lock up the high gain at that attitude? We have a telemetry problem. Over.
02 19 07 04
Frank Borman (CDR): We'll try to. I don't know if we can or not; have to wait until we get there.
02 19 07 09
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by.
02 19 11 25
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, this is Apollo 8. We cannot get the high gain at the burn attitude.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Thanks anyway.
02 19 12 07
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We have a handover from Honeysuckle to Guam in about two minutes.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
02 19 16 08
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. How me?
02 19 17 10
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Loud and clear. How me? Over.
02 19 17 41
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
02 19 18 00
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8 here.
02 19 18 02
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. I have TEI 1 and TEI 2 PAD'S. We still have no telemetry; expect to get it soon. Over.
02 19 18 14
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. You think it's a ground problem?
02 19 18 19
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. It's a ground problem; we just got it back.
02 19 18 57
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. Go ahead with your data.
02 19 19 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston with an LOI 1 PAD. Over.
02 19 19 14
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Understand. LOI 1.
02 19 19 17
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): That is affirmative, LOI 1, SPS/G&N: 62844 1, correction, minus 161, plus 129 069:08:19.52, minus 29840, plus 02390, plus 01053. Copy?
02 19 20 58
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
02 19 21 02
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We broke lock; did not get the DELTA-V_X.
02 19 21 08
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Beginning with DELTA-V_X: minus 29840, plus 02390, plus 01053 000 200 005 01693, plus 00600 29954 402 29788. Copy?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. 01 0688 259, Persei Zeta, down 048, left 05. The remainder not applicable. Sirius, Rigel, 129 155 010; negative ullage. Horizon window, ignition minus 2 minutes, 40 degrees unlit, ignition 27 degrees unlit. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. LOI 1, SPS/G&N: 62844 minus 161, plus 129 069:08:19.52, minus 29840, plus 02390, plus 01053 000 200 005 01693, plus 00600 29954 402 29788 01 0688 259, Persei Zeta, down 048, left 05; Sirius, Rigel, 129 155 010: no ullage, horizon 2 minutes 40 degrees unlit, ignition 27 degrees unlit.
02 19 24 58
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Readback is correct. Ready to copy TEI 1. Over.
02 19 25 05
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger, Houston.
02 19 25 14
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Are you waiting for us before you start your gimbal check? Over.
02 19 25 23
Frank Borman (CDR): We can start the gimbals check right here.
02 19 25 27
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. You want to copy while you're doing it or stand by on TEI 1?
02 19 25 35
Frank Borman (CDR): Stand by for a minute.
02 19 25 37
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. standing by.
02 19 26 48
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Shifting command back to Honeysuckle. Over.
02 19 26 55
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 19 34 46
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. How did that gimbal drive check go?
02 19 34 52
Frank Borman (CDR): It went fine.
02 19 34 53
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. We're ready with the TEI 1 and 2 maneuver PAD's. We've also got two state vectors and a target load to uplink and load if you'll configure for it. Over.
02 19 35 07
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We're trying to get the high gain now. We're maneuvering to PTC attitude.
02 19 35 15
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 19 35 24
Jim Lovell (CMP): Go ahead with your TEI PAD's.
02 19 35 29
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. TEI 1, SPS/G&N: 462, correction, 46728, minus 053, plus 121 071:25:04.73, plus 37746, minus 03299, plus 00824. Copy?
02 19 36 33
Jim Lovell (CMP): We're copying.
02 19 36 35
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. 179 346 357, not applicable, plus 00176 37900 336 37705 42 1279 309. Copy?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Copying.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. NA, NA, NA, plus 1350, minus 16500 13050 36389 122:10:45; Sirius, Rigel, 129 155 010, ullage two-jet, 20 seconds jet Bravo Delta, horizon window X-axis on horizon at ignition minus 3 minutes; assumes LOI 1. Over.
02 19 38 59
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8. TEI 1 as follows: SPS/G&N: 46728, minus 053, plus 121 071:25:04.73. Copy?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Plus 37746, minus 03299, plus 00844 179 346 357, not applicable, plus 00176 37900 336 37705 42 1279 309, not applicable three times, plus 1350, minus 16500 13050 36389 122:10:45; Sirius, Rigel, 129 155 010, ullage two jets, 20 seconds, quads B and D, horizon window X-axis on horizon at TIG minus 3, assumes LOI 1.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Correct.
02 19 41 05
Jim Lovell (CMP): Standing by for TEI 2, if you have it.
02 19 41 15
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Will be ready with the TEI 2 in about 1 minute.
02 19 41 19
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
02 19 42 10
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston with a TEI 2 maneuver PAD.
02 19 42 18
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Ready to copy.
02 19 42 21
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. TEI 2 SPS/G&N: 46728, minus 053, plus 121. Copy?
02 19 42 47
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Copy.
02 19 42 49
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. 073:21:30.24, plus 28466, minus 00350, plus 02406 180 022 002, not applicable, plus 00188. Copy?
02 19 43 46
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Copy.
02 19 43 48
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. 28570 250 28401 42 0641 296, not applicable three times, plus 0920, minus 16500 12953 36175 146:32:16. Copy?
02 19 45 01
Jim Lovell (CMP): Copy. Looks like you left out a digit …
02 19 45 09
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Request you switch your OMNI. It's getting pretty garbled now.
02 19 45 18
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Stand by.
02 19 45 30
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8. I copied. I question the latitude and the range to go. It appears that you gave me one too few digits in both cases.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. I repeat, latitude plus 0920, minus 16500 12953 36175 146:32:16. Copy?
02 19 46 20
Jim Lovell (CMP): I copied.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Your GDC align is no change, ullage no change, horizon on the minus 2-degree line at ignition minus 3 minutes, assumes LOI 1. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. TEI 2 maneuver PAD, SPS/G&N: 46728, minus 053, plus 121 073:21:30.24 plus 28466 minus 00352. I did not get the 502406 for a DELTA-V_Z. 180 022 002, not applicable, plus 00188 28570 250 28401 42 0641 296, not applicable three times, plus 0920 minus 16500 12953 36175 146:32:16. No change in the GDC align stars, no change in ullage, a rise on the minus P-degree line at TIG minus 3, assumes LOI 1.
02 19 48 28
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger. Correct. I repeat DELTA-V_Z plus 02406. Over.
02 19 48 42
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Plus 02406.
02 19 48 46
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
02 19 48 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. If you can go 00 and ACCEPT, we'll start the NAV loads.

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