Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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back and thing was right on the money at about 80
degrees. It was a very smooth transition and then
do you remember they were telling, us to look
for this one cps oscillation? Well, I didn't have
rate needl es like Gordo did, but I wasn't aware of
any oscil lations at any time.
That booster was in
pitch and yaw as far as that went
Cooper
Those rate needles were like they were glued .
There was never through boost or second stage was
there ever any rate except that one tiny little
rate, one teensy little rate just at when we were
in POGO we got one tiny little longitudinal rate,
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just one tiny little fleck on a rate, and was the
only one.
Otherwise it was just smooth as silk,
the whole time, rate wi se .
2.17 Fairing Jettison
Cooper
Fairing jettison.
We jettisoned fairings at 3:25
and man do they ever go.
Conrad
I counted Gordo down to them.
Okay, yes, that ' s
a good point .
Cooper
Beside the scanner fairing and the nose fairing go
and when the nose fairing went it went with all
kinds of debris .
There were pieces flying all