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03 17 31 12
Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Hello, Apollo 8. Loud and clear.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Please be informed there is a Santa Claus.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): That's affirmative. You are the best ones to know.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): That burn status report: it burned on time; burn time 2 minutes 23 seconds, seven-tenths VG_X. Attitude nominal, residuals minus five-tenths VG_X plus four-tenths VG_X—of minus O VG_Z. DELTA-V_C minus 26.4.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo FLIGHT has -
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, reconfirm your burn time, please.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We had 2 minutes 23 seconds. Our—wait one. Change that to read 3 minutes 23 seconds.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Thank you.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): This gives the sensation that you are climbing, Ken.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Say again, Apollo 8.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): I say that this gives the sensation that you are climbing.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): What's next on the docket?
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): High-gain antenna.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, at the first convenient moment, we'd like to have the high-gain antenna.
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Frank Borman (CDR): You've got it; you're on the high gain.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We do not have any data on the ground yet; the voice is very good.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We'd like to try to have you manually acquire on the high gain.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): This will take a wide beam width.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Wide beam width. Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. We've manually acquired in wide beam.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Initial tracking indicates a 4 foot per second at 8 hours will put you on target.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Four foot per second at 8 hours.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Correction, that's 15 hours.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Roger.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, we have data; we'd like to have the tape recorder.
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Frank Borman (CDR): You can have it.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Thank you.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Go ahead, Apollo 8.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Do you wish me to reinitialize the W-matrix at this time?
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Affirmative, Apollo 8.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. And that —
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Which battery do you want us to start charging?
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Okay. We'd like to start on battery Alfa.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Battery Alfa. Okay.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, would you go to NARROW BEAM on the high gain?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Just a minute.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We're on NARROW BEAM.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger. Sounds real good now.

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