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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Verify the TELEMETRY INPUT switch LOW. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Understand; TELEMETRY INPUT LOW.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Going to LOW; it was in HIGH.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Five minutes to LOS. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. One minute to LOS; all systems GO. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Apollo 8. Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): So long.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Adios. See you.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. How me?
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Loud and clear. How me?
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Reading you loud and clear and ready for the burn status report.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Ready to copy.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. The burn was on time, 11 seconds, 0.2 with a VG_X, 1.8 VG_Y; that's minus 1.8, minus 0.2 VG_Z. DELTA-V_C was minus 9.4; VERB 82 gives us an apogee 62 and a perigee of 60.8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger. Your burn was on time, 11 seconds; VG_X was plus 0.2, VG_Y was minus 1.8, VG_Z minus 0.2, DELTA-V_C minus 9.4, apogee 62, perigee 60.8. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, how do you read? This is Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Weak but clear.
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Bill Anders (LMP): You are loud and clear.
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Frank Borman (CDR): 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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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are taking the DSE.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you. Can you hold it for about 5 seconds—or about 1 minute?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Holding.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. Okay. You can dump the data now.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. We are taking the DSE for dump.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you. We have—updated the LM state vector with the VERB 66, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Houston. Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Hello, Michael.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Your SPS engine looked good on LOI number 2 burn.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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): Thank you.
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): I've got a few jolly updates for you when you are ready to copy.
Frank Borman (CDR): Stand by.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston, with your updates.

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