Indian Ocean Ship - Third Orbit 

03 47 03

4.6

CT

Friendship 7, Friendship 7, this is Indian Com Tech.  How do you read?  Over.

03 47 09

2.1

P

Hello, Indian Com Tech, Friendship 7.  Over.

03 47 14

8.2

CT

Friendship 7, this Indian Com Tech.  I read you very weak, very weak, very garbled.  Am turning over to Cap Com on UHF.  Over.

03 47 23

1.3

P

Er, Roger.  Friendship 7.

03 47 30

4.5

CC

Friendship 7, Friendship 7, this is Indian Cap Com on UHF.  Do you read?  Over.

03 47 34

2.8

P

Roger, Indian Cap Com. I read you loud and clear.  How me?

03 47 39

3.6

CC

Ah, about 3 x 3.  You're coming in stronger.  Over.

03 47 42

10.1

P

Er, Roger. Friendship 7.  Ah, fuel is 60-45, oxygen is 60-92, amps 23.  Over.

03 47 54

2.3

CC

Say again your oxygen.  Over.

03 47 58

5.7

P

Roger.  Oxygen is 60-92.  Over.

03 48 04

1.5

CC

Roger, understand.

03 48 14

4.1

CC

Friendship 7, this is Indian Cap Com.  What is your control mode?  Over.

03 48 19

12.9

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  I'm on ASCS but it is operating very erratically.  I'm backing it up with manual at the present time.  I'm, ah, trying to get it set up so it will be in a decent ASCS attitude for retrofire.  Over.

03 48 33

1.4

CC

Roger, understand.

03 48 36

5.8

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  I can control it manually.  I'll back it up manually and take over if I need to.  Over.

03 48 42

1.3

CC

Roger, understand.

03 48 51

5.2

CC

Friendship 7, this is Indian Cap Com.  I have your retrosequence times.  Are you prepared to copy?  Over.

03 48 57

2.2

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  Standby one.

03 49 00

0.7

CC

Standing by.

03 49 25

1.2

P

Friendship 7.  Go ahead.

03 49 27

8.2

CC

Ah, Roger.  Area 3 Delta, Area 3 Delta is 4 hours, 12 minutes, 32 seconds.

03 49 36

0.8

P

Roger.

03 49 40

4.2

P

Area 3 Delta is 04 plus 12 plus 32.  Is that affirm?

03 49 45

10.2

CC

Affirmative.  Area 3 Echo, Area 3 Echo is 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds.  I say again; 4 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds.  Over.

03 49 55

4.6

P

Er, Roger.  Area 3 Echo is 04 plus 22 plus 12.

03 50 01

9.9

CC

Er, Roger.  Area Hotel is 4 hours, 32 minutes, 37 seconds.  Say it again; 4 hours, 32 minutes, 37 seconds.  Over.

03 50 11

3.5

P

Er, Roger.  04 plus 32 plus 38.  I have, ah, correction, plus 37; I have 38 set on my retrosequence because of error in my clock of 1 second.  Over.

03 50 15

2.7

CC

Ah, that is affirmative.  We assume you have an error in your clock.  Over.

03 50 20

9.7

P

One second error, that is affirm.  Request you confirm with Cape that I have 04 plus 32 plus 38 as correct retrograde time.  Over.

03 50 40

1.2

CC

Roger.  That's affirmative.

03 50 39

8.3

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  The ASCS is drifting again.  I'm indicating 25 degrees right in yaw.  Over.

03 50 59

1.0

CC

Roger, understand.

03 51 05

6.6

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  I have almost, ah, continuous cloud cover under me as far as I can see in every direction.  Over.

03 51 13

1.2

CC

Roger, understand.

03 51 18

3.5

CC

Friendship 7, this is Indian Cap Com.  Surgeon would like to talk to you.  Over.

03 51 22

1.6

P

Ah, Roger.  This is Friendship 7.

03 51 25

4.6

S

This is the surgeon here.  Have you switched to secondary oxygen for any reason during this hop?  Over.

03 51 29

7.6

P

Ah, negative.  I don't quite understand the decrease in secondary either unless it's the bottles are beginning to cool down, but they shouldn't cool that much.

03 51 38

3.1

S

We're getting reading 90 on the TM.  How about you?

03 51 41

1.5

P

I am reading 90 also.

03 51 44

2.5

S

---- somewhere about 65.  This is Indian Surgeon.  Out.

03 51 47

14.1

P

Er, Roger.  Ah, this is Friendship 7.  This thing is slipping in and out of orientation mode and wasting fuel at present time.  I'm just going to try and hold it on orbit attitude manually.  Over.  Or on fly-by-wire.  Over.

03 52 02

2.0

CC

Roger.  Manually by fly-by-wire.  Over.

03 52 04

0.5

P

Er, Roger.

03 52 18

7.0

P

This is Friendship 7.  Ah, checking different control modes on fly-by-wire.  I have no low thrust to the right.  Over.

03 52 27

2.3

CC

Roger, understand no low thrust to the right.

03 52 29

0.4

P

Roger.

03 52 32

3.4

P

I do have low thrust in all other axes.  Over. 

03 52 37

1.2

CC

Roger, understand.

03 53 04

3.0

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  Pitching up for star observation.

03 53 10

1.9

CC

Ah, Roger.  Report anything you see.  Over.

03 53 12

0.8

P

Ah, Roger.

03 54 31

3.8

CC

Friendship 7, this is Indian Cap Com.  Are you able to see anything?  Over.

03 54 36

11.7

P

Ah, this is Friendship 7.  Affirmative.  I have Orion right in the middle of the window at present time and, ah, makes a good one to hold attitude on.  I have, ah, I am using it as horizon reference at the moment.

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