Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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pointing but that wouldn't tell me whether I was
upside down or right side up or anything, but I
don't know the stars that well.
With the accurate star chart updated and then finding
the stars on there, then you could use them for
spacecraft orientation.
I'm taking this to mean you are talking about a
quick orientation, you know, I aborted in the
middle of the night on launch if I went on a
night launch, would I know which way I was going?
I don't think so .
I don't know.
You would be very lucky, you would just have to see
one you could recognize.
You can take your time when you are planning in
advance.
Okay.
Now you want to use Orion to
line up in a certain way with my reticle.
Now
that's a different story, but that would have to
be done at a specific time because Orion moves all
the way through the sky and it turns over on a 72
degree launch azimuth.
Well, tracking task.
We didn ' t cover that but I
think it is pr etty obvious that you can use it for
tracking task we found .
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