Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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7.11 Crew Pick Up
Boman
The crew pick up was nominal.
Lovell
Nothing else. Everything was fine .
8.0 SYSTEMS OPERATION
8 . 1
Ple.tfom
Borman
We aligned the platform 3 t imes.
W:ach time it worked
just as advertised.
Daytime alignrnent,of course,was no
prob] em.
We got very ample yaw reference out the window.
Lovell
Caging, for fast heat dropout took approximately 23
minutes.
Boman
Night time, the initial alignment is a litt1e difficult i f
you do not have a full moon.
With a fu 1 1 moon it is al­
most as easy at night as it is in the daytime. It rea1.ly
lit the terrain up.
Lovell
To get your initial spacecraft attitude, the full moon
is very nice .
Borman
Right, without a full moon, I think it woul d take you a
little while to align to get your Spacecraft BEF, so that
you would not have to torque the platfom too far for
alignment.
Lovell
You get to know the stars.
"!3orman
Yes, you have to use the stars . It would be difficult
to pick up the ground and track it. Platform Morles: CAGE.
Jim ~aid that took 23 minutes for a fast heat drop out.