RESULTS OF THE THIRD U.S. MANNED ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT, OCTOBER 3, 1962

APPENDIX: AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MA-8 FLIGHT (2/31)

CANARY ISLANDS (FIRST PASS)

 

00 14 31

P

Canary Cap Com, this is Sigma Seven. Over.

00 14 40

CT

Sigma Seven, this is Canary Com Tech. Transmitting HF/UHF. Do you read? Over.

00 14 46

P

Roger. Canary Cap Com, this is Sigma Seven. Do you read me?

00 14 50

CC

Sigma Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. Reading you loud and clear. We have valid radar track.

00 14 55

P

Roger. Good show on radar. Awfully sorry our friend Julian couldn't be with us. I would like to give you my report on control mode. First off, manual and fly-by-wire, low, are excellent; aux damp works excellent. I am now in auto mode; retroattitude. Attitudes holding beautifully. I am go. My suit temperature is going up a bit. I have set it at 4.5. Over.

00 15 29

CC

Roger. I copied suit temperature at 4.5. What does your suit temperature read?

00 15 33

P

Negative. That was suit dome- is reading [75 degrees].I have set the suit at 4.5.

00 15 43

CC

Roger.

00 15 44

P

I am checking on my cabin. It's about 60 [degrees]. I am going to leave it alone. The cabin heat exchanger is about 48 [degrees].

00 15 54

CC

Roger.

00 16 02

P

Canary, as far as I am concerned all control systems are perfect. The manual was slightly sluggish as predicted, but better than I have seen

00 16 14

CC

Roger. Are you on UHF-high at this time?

00 16 19

P

That is affirmative, and will be switching to UHF-low for a check with you shortly.

00 16 24

CC

Roger.

00 16 30

P

I have made an electrical check. We had communication problems on the way across. And all the systems checked out very well. Oxygen is holding up very well. I will give the suit circuit a little more time to cool down

00 16 50

p

My suit temperature at this time is 68 [degrees]. I am not worried about it yet.

00 16 56

CC

Roger.

00 17 00

P

Everything else is green.

00 17 03

CC

Roger.

00 17 07

P

I am going to go to gyros free for a Ts + 5 check.

00 17 11

CC

Roger.

00 17 20

CC

I have a [recovery area] 2 -1 retrosequence time if you want it.

00 17 24

P

Roger. Stand by.

00 17 26

CC

01 28 21.

00 17 30

P

Roger. Correction to 2-1. 01 28 21.

00 17 36

CC

That's confirm.

00 17 37

P

Roger.

00 17 53

P

Okay. Looks like the dome is coming down a little bit. I'll stick with this setting for a while.

00 18 00

CC

Which dome is that?

00 18 01

P

That is the suit dome. The cabin dome is 55 [degrees].

00 18 07

CC

Roger. 5.

00 18 10

P

Canary Cap Com. this is Sigma Seven. Do you read?

00 18 12

CC

I copy cabin dome setting at 5.5 and suit dome at 4.5.

00 18 18

P

Now those are not settings. Let me go over that. Suit dome temperature is 75 [degrees]. Cabin dome temperature is 56 [degrees]. Suit setting on the coolant valve is 4.5. Cabin setting is 4. Do you understand?

00 18 40

CC

I copy now.

00 18 41

P

Okay. Going back to gyros normal. Ts + 5 confirmed.

00 18 46

CC

Roger.

00 18 57

P

I see we're coming across the coast. I haven't used the periscope too much as yet.

00 19 04

CC

Roger. Are you on UHF-high yet-or low yet?

00 19 08

P

Negative. I will switch to low now before I lose you. VOX off.

00 19 37

P

Canary Cap Com, Sigma Seven. On UHF-low. Do you read?


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