Gemini 10 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror

-31-For Gemini 10, various combinations of spacecraft tracking assignmentswill be carried out according to individual station capability. Some siteshave radar systems capable of providing space position information on boththe Gemini and one7ena vehicle simultaneously through their Verlort (S-band)and m-16 or m-6 C-band) radars. Most of the data transmission links,however, have only a single system capability; therefore, transmission schedulingpriority will be established by the Flight Director or Flight Dynamics Officeraccording to the mission requirements,During the first revolution of the Agena 10 (prior to Gemini spacecraftliftoff, as a general rule, the C-band radars will track the Gemini spacecraftwhile the S-band radars will track the Agena 10 Target Vehicle, The siteswith dual-tracking capability will track both vehicles simultaneously.!!!racking of the Agena 8 will be done by selected C-band stations just Wiorto the mission and during the mission as assigned by the MCC-H.-more-