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MCC internal validation testing includes integrating the RTCC_
CCATS (cormaunications, co_m_md and telemetry system), display systems,
and the Apollo simulavors at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The
Apollo simulators in Houston were tied-in and validated earlier
to facilitate flight controller proficiency sims which began early
in
September.
Other tests to be conducted prior to the mission include interface
with the Apollo Launch Data System (ALDS) which is t_e telemetry system
at KSC. This is scheduled for sometime next week.
The MCC/Launch Pad interface test with the Goddard Space Flight
Center MILA Unified S-Band (USB) station is scheduled early in
December. This will be fol3owed by the launch vehicle redundancy
tests and the flight readiness test (FRT).
Two days of testing in the middle of January of next year will
be required for the MCC/Net_rork Validation. This testing will be
completed three days prior to the CDDT (Countdo_m demonstration tests)
at KSC. These tests will consist of running eommunications_ command
telemetry_ air/ground_ and tracking tests with each station on the
MSFN (Manned Space Flight Network). When this is completed the entire
data system will be ready to support the Apollo 14 mission.