Spacelog Mercury 7

Read you loud and clear also. We have radar track. Please remain in orbit attitude.

Roger. Understand. I, my control mode is fly-by-wire, gyros normal, maneuver off. I am picking up retroattitude and automatic control very shortly. Over.

Roger. Will you verify that your retrodelay switch is in the normal position?

Retrodelay is normal. I say again, retrodelay is normal.

Roger. Will you please proceed with the short report, fuel and oxygen readings.

Roger. Fuel 103-100 [percent]. Oxygen 89-100 [percent]. All the power is good. Aurora seven status is Go in all respects. Over.

Roger. Say again fuel, please. Over.

Fuel 103-100 [percent]. Over.

Roger. Have copied.

Please send blood pressure. Over.

Roger. Blood pressure start now.

I have, west of your station, many whirls and vortices of cloud patterns. Pictures at this time—2, 3, 4, 5. Control mode is now automatic. I have the booster directly below me. I think my attitude is not in agreement with the instruments. It's probably because of that gyro free period. Outside of a minor difference in attitude indications, everything is proceeding normally.

Can you confirm orientation, ASCS and fly-by-wire . . . operating normal?

Roger. Wait one.

Roger. Canary, TS plus 5 is verified. Manual is satisfactory in all axes. Fly-by-wire and auto is satisfactory, all axes. Aux Damp is okay also. Over.

Roger. I have copied. I have new end of orbit, end of mission and 1 Bravo times for you. Are you prepared to copy?

Stand by one.

Send your message, Canary.

Roger. End of orbit time 01 28 17. End of mission, 04 32 27. 1 Bravo 16 plus 56. Did you copy? Over.

Roger. End of orbit 01 28 17, Hotel 04 32 39, 1 Bravo 16 56. Over.

Correction. Aurora Seven, correction 1 Bravo. Make that 16 plus 52. Over.

Roger. Understand. 16 52.

Roger. Apogee altitude is 143 [nautical miles]. Perigee 86 [nautical miles]. Did you copy? Over.

Roger. 143 and 86 [nautical miles].

Roger. Here are sunrise and sunset times. Sunrise orbit one: 1 plus 21 plus 00. Sunrise, orbit two: 2 plus 50 plus 00. Sunrise, orbit three: 4 plus 19 plus 00.

Roger, Canary. I'm going to have loss of signal before I get these. I want to get some pictures. Have Muchea, or, correction, have Kano send these to me in this order: Sunset, sunrise, sunset, sunrise, break, break. Did you copy?

Roger. We are reading blood pressure. Do you want to check your UHF low? Over.

Roger. Going to UHF low now, stand by 15.

Hello, Kano. Hello, Kano Cap Com. Aurora Seven UHF low. How do you read?

Aurora Seven. Kano Cap Com reads you loud and clear. Over.

Roger. Reading you the same. Going back to UHF high.

Aurora Seven, Kano Cap Com. How do you read? Over.

Loud and clear, Kano. Send your message.

Roger, Aurora Seven. Are you going to be doing your caging, uncaging procedure now? Over.

Roger. I—am a little behind in the flight plan at this moment. I have been unable at this time to install the MIT film. I finally have it. I'll go through the gyro uncaging procedure very shortly.

Roger.

Okay, the MIT film is now in.

ASCS is operating okay.

What mode are you on now?