Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Cooper
So we said okay and we 're stopping it right here and of
course about this time we were in the boondocks area
away from everybody as always occurs.
Conrad
We were between Carnarvon and Hawaii.
Cooper
And--so we just started powering down everything and
holding on.
Conrad
So from there on we were off the Flight Plan.
Cooper
From here on to the next twenty orbits the REP was
right with us. Ha,Ha,Ha!
Conrad
That' s what I cam't figure out.
How did it get 375
miles from us when it hung around f or 5 orbits? That
darned thing.
Everytime we went on the night side-
Cooper
It was so-­
Conrad
As a matter of fact, I didn't see it for a time or two
and then all of a sudden, the nose of the spacecraft was
lighting up!
Cooper
We even saw it in the day side. It was so near we could
even see it in the day side and at the transit areas when
the light woul d be shining on it we ' d be just going into
the darkness we could look back and you could even see i;
the dipole on it as it tumbled.
The tumble rate was very,
..
very slow.
Conrad
And then you guys called up and told us it was 375 miles