John Company

Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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going through the terminator.
Okay, r~tro-pack
jettison, we covered .
Reentry--our re~ntry was
exactly like we had planned it.
We f l :w single­
ring pul se down to 400K.
At 400K-­
400K came on the time that Houston gav: us, the
computer 400K guidance came in wit hin a second or
two-­
The roll bug came in right on the second.
Right on the money.
At 400K, then, I switched the attitude control
sel ector to Rate Command.
The RCS Ring B came
already off and Ring A I took to Direct- -so it
gave me singl e- ring Direct .
I flew single- ring
Direct then on down through the-­
I think we covered the horizon adequatdy.
Let's see-­
Spacecraft was--boy, I never even saw-•­
What do you recall on visual sight rings?
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