Gemini 9 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror
Gemini 9 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror
Gemini 9 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror
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Turk Island, and Antigua will remote <strong>Gemini</strong> spacecra€t wide-<br />
band data to the Houston Mission Control Center.<br />
Only MCC-K/<br />
TEL I11 will remote ATDA wide-band data to the Houston Mission<br />
Control Center.<br />
SPACECRAFT COMMAND SYSTEM (SCS)<br />
The prime ground system in effecting rendezvous is the<br />
Digital Command System (DCS) located at key stations through-<br />
out the worldwide network..<br />
Command control of the mission<br />
from launch through recovery will as always be provided by<br />
the Flight Director at Houston Mission Control Center.<br />
Max-<br />
imum command coverage is required throughout the mission.<br />
Grand Canary Island, Carnarvon, Australia, Hawaii, and<br />
the two ships, USNS Coastal Sentry and USNS Rose Knot, are<br />
DCS equipped and manned by flight controllers who will initiate<br />
uplink data command transmissions.<br />
either the spacecraft or the ATDA.<br />
commands may be sent to<br />
Types of commands avail-<br />
able for transmission to the vehicles are listed on the next<br />
Page<br />
The Cape Kennedy, Grand Bahama, Grand Turk, Antigua,<br />
and Bermuda sites will not be manned by flight controllers.<br />
All<br />
uplink data command transmissions through these sites will be
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