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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Roger. The burn was on time, 11 seconds, 0.2 with a VGX, 1.8 VGY; that's minus 1.8, minus 0.2 VGZ. DELTA-VC was minus 9.4; VERB 82 gives us an apogee 62 and a perigee of 60.8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger. Your burn was on time, 11 seconds; VGX was plus 0.2, VGY was minus 1.8, VGZ minus 0.2, DELTA-VC minus 9.4, apogee 62, perigee 60.8. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Weak but clear.
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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, Apollo 8. We're on high gain now if you want to get the high-speed data to look at that burn.
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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Thank you. We have—updated the LM state vector with the VERB 66, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Hey, good morning, Frank. We've been tracking you for about 18 minutes now, and we show your orbit 61 by 61-1/2. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Bill has got the tape recorder now; we are evaluating the dump. The data is good, and we are evaluating the voice quality here shortly.
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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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I've got a few jolly updates for you when you are ready to copy.
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Frank Borman (CDR)
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Stand by.
Spoken on Dec. 24, 1968, 2:50 p.m. UTC (55 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
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