Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Conrad
Now, there was one thing there, I don't know if it
was the radar or the computer.
But, the first
time we flew over the Cape and locked up on the
back up REP on the ground, it read out the
digital millage to a gnat's eyebrow. It locked
up at 248,66 miles and I don't believe it will read
any higher than that supposed to be 250 , but I had
the same number at the other end so I suspect
that that is as high as it will read out.
And it
tracked t hat thing right over the Cape where we got down
to, I think we got down to .... our slant range at
the closest approach was 161 miles or something
like that, and everyti.me I punched it up to the
range went do'Wl'l. and - ­
Cooper
Man that was really beautiful, just beautiful,
The radar itself stayed locked on for .. . . I felt
like you could almost point out the tower it was
right on the mila.ge mcxl e.
Conrad
But in the catch up mode it read out to 248. 66
miles both at the start of lock up and the end of
lock up, and I was really impressed with that. Then
after that we always locked the Cape.
The r adar
locked on like it should on the REP , but we