Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Cooper
Well, this is the bank angle we flew until we got
cross, and down-range at 280K.
Conrad
We went from full lift at 400K to 53 degrees, which
was the given bank angle by the ground which we
agreed to use. We went to 53 degrees until guidance
came in, and it came in at 280K.
The needle showed
that we were high. It showed that we were very
high, that we were going to over­ sho,)t by a large
distance, and-­
Cooper
This is the first normal indication. The computer
is supposed-­
Conrad
· ·• do anything which is what you're supposed to do.
We sat there to watch the trend.
No,;hing happened.
The needle didn't come up off the peg.
I looked
at the high scale and it didn ' t look to me like the
high scale was pegged out.
Cooper
It wasn ' t pegged.
I went to the higl:. scale and it
was about half way down.
Conrad
Less than half way down, indicating that we were
up around a 75 mil e over-shoot, which just told me
we were humping a little bit to get down into the
target.
Cooper
Right.
Conrad
And, in fact, at that time we were
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