John Company

Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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5.3 TR-5 GMT Stop Cl ock
At TR-5 Jim got the bug on the eight minutes, no probl em.
Yes, I got that okay.
5,4 TR-256
TR-256 Sequence light came on exa.ctly on schedul e.
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The digital clock never lost a second during the entire
fli ght.
We didn't touch it.
We di dn't touch that digital cl ock one time during the
enti re f l ight. That i s the best instrument in the whol e
s/c, especial ly f or this type of f l i ght when you have a
lot of updates a.nd everything.
Electri cal was no problem.
Control system, the RCS worked
perfectly. It just worked beautifull y.
5.5 .Tii::1.
Retro attitude minus 20 degrees pi tch.
The ball had been
a l igned for two revolutions and it was perfect. I f we
had not had the bal l , I would have been happier if we
had retro fired in the daylight. SEP OAMS, as advertised.
You hear i t.
Yes!
You feel it sli ghtl y.
That is right, a.nd you even f eel SEP ELECT.