John Company

Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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MANEUVER | ΔV | HP/HA AFTER MANEUVERS | POINT OF APPLICATION | DIRECTION OF THRUST | TRANSLATIONAL THRUSTER | PURPOSE
Separation | 10FPS | 87/161 N.M. | SECO+2- | FWD | AFT | S/C-Booster Separation
1 | 7FPS | 91/161 N.M. | 2d Apogee | FWD | FWD | Adjust lifetime (for insertion dispersions. Evaluate thruster operation.
2A | 12FPS |  | Apogee of 30th Rev. | FWD | Left | Adjust lifetime. Evaluate thruster operation.
+TSC #1 | 5FPS |  | Approx. 15 min after 2A | Left | Right | Evaluate thruster operation. Determine visual characteristics of thruster plume.
TSC #2 | 5FPS |  | 5 min. after TSC #1 | Down | Up | Evaluate thruster operation. Determine visual characteristics of thruster plume.
TSC #3 | 5FPS |  | 5 min after TSC #2 | Up | Down | Evaluate thruster operation. Determine visual characteristics of thruster plume.
2B | 27FPS | 94/134 N.M. | Perigee following 2A | AFT | AFT | Adjust lifetime. Evaluate 3-axis application.
3A | 4FPS |  | Apogee of 45th Rev. | FWD | FWD | Adjust lifetime. Evaluate thruster operation.
3B | 6FPS | 93/124 N.M. | Perigee following | AFT | FWD | Adjust lifetime. Evaluate thruster operation.
4 | 110FPS | 45/99 (45/97)* | 62d Rev. (or 66th Rev.)* | AFT | AFT | Achieve OAMS retrofire. Evaluate thruster operation.

*FOR PACIFIC LANDING
+TRANSLATIONAL SYSTEM CHECK

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