Gemini 9 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror

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- Combination Correction Mancuvcr -- This is clesih;ncd to adjust spcccru f't
catch-up rate, altitude and to bring Gemini closer to thc ATDA or-
bit plane.
Executed at 1 hour 57 minutes GET (01:57) at the beginning
of the second revolution over Ascension, it is a normcLl1.2 fps burn,
but can vary according to dispersions. In Gemini 9A the altitude
between Gemini and ATDA will be allowed to vary 4 miles plus-or-minus
from the normal 14-mile difference in altitude to givc control ovcr
the exact rendezvous point.
Gemini trails ATDA by 161) milcs.
Co-elliptical Maneuver -- Near the sccond spacecraft apogee' at 2 hours
20 minutes (02:2O) GET, the crew will circularize the orbit to 170
miles. It will be a posigrade maneuver of 54 l'ps with spcecrsi't.
At this time, the spacecrai't trails the ATDA by 123 milcs and slmdd
have onboard radar lock-on.
Terminal Phase Maneuver -- At 2 hours 24 minutc.s (02:24) C;l:"l'
tlic crc'w
will switch the computcr to rcnde:i,vous moclc titic1 bc::in 1,c~imina 1
system checkout and proccdurer,.
about three minutes prior to entering darkness, the ('I'CW
a burn of' 27 fps along line of sight to the ATDA.
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ATDA will be about 31 miles and spcecrai't will be l3O dcs"t.cs ul'
argular orbit travel. from the point of rcndc:rvous.
vi11 be pitched up 27 degrees ['or this posigradc mancuvcr usine al't
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