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Gemini B - MOL Mockup - Titan III Test Flight 11-03-1966 Mission Report
http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t3&id=AD0378020
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD378020&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
Program 624A, Standard Space Launch Vehicle C-9 (MOL/HSQ) was
launched from Complex 40 at the Eastern Test Range on
3 November 1966 at 13:50:42.20 GMT (08:50:42.20 EST).
This vehicle was the sixth test of the Titan 3C
configuration and the tenth test of 624A program.
The flight test was conducted according to Flight Plan VI.
The payload consisted of a MOL simulated laboratory containing
11 experiments and the MOL configuration Gemini capsule
using a heat shield containing an egress hatch.
The countdown for the vehicle was picked up at T-615 minutes
and proceeded without incident until T-30 minutes.
A hold was called at that time to evaluate abnormally high
winds aloft and their effect on the Gemini wind load constraint
(Q-Alpha) of 4500 lb/deg/sq ft. During the 1 hour and 45 second
hold, it was necessary to repressurized the Stage I oxidizer
tank due to decaying pressures resulting from the 44 F ambient
temperature. The count was resumed and proceeded until
T-3 minutes when another hold lasting 6 minutes was called to
evaluate the latest meteorological data. The count was resumed
and the vehicle was launched from Pad 40 at 13:50:42.20 GMT
(08:50 EST). |
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