Spacelog Apollo 11

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Readback correct. Out.

Roger. That's verified; the probe is extended.

Roger. About 2 minutes to LOS on this stateside pass. AOS Canaries at 1 50 13. Over.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Roger. Houston, Apollo 11. Loud and clear.

Okay. On your service module RCS quad Bravo package temperature, we're showing it running a little low. Looks like about 20 degrees low—lower than the rest of the quads. Would you confirm that your RCS heater switch for quad Bravo is in PRIMARY? Over.

You're correct. It was not in PRIMARY. It was off. It's on now. Thank you.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11. Go ahead.

Roger. We've checked over the spacecraft and the launch vehicle guidance. They're both looking to be in good shape. We estimate you have better than a 99-percent probability of a guidance cut-off on the launch vehicle, so things are apparently holding in very well. For your information, MILA received approximately 1 minute of a usable TV picture, so apparently the system is working. And you're a little over a minute from LOS at Canary; AOS Tananarive is 2 hours 9 minutes and 18 seconds. Over.

Roger. We like those 99 numbers. Thank you.

Apollo 11, this is Houston through Tananarive. How do you read?

Apollo 11, this is Houston standing by through Tananarive.

Tananarive, Houston COMM TECH NET 1.

Tananarive, Houston COMM TECH NET 1.

Goddard voice, Houston COMM TECH NET 1.

Goddard voice, reading you loud and clear.

Roger. We cannot raise Tananarive.

Houston COMM TECH, Tananarive.

Roger, Tananarive. Are you receiving CAP COMM's voice, and are you uplinking it?

Negative.

Roger. Monitor again and I'll tell CAP COMM to make one more transmission.

Roger.

Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston standing by through Tananarive. Over.

Houston, Apollo 11 …

Roger. Reading you loud and clear.

Houston, Apollo 11. We have the PYRO's armed.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. One minute to LOS Tananarive; AOS at Carnarvon 02 25 30.

Apollo 11, this is Houston through Carnarvon. Radio check. Over.

Roger, Houston through Carnarvon. Apollo 11. Loud and clear.

Roger. You're coming in very loud and very clear, here. Out.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are GO for TLI. Over.

Apollo 11. Thank you.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, 11.

Roger. We'll be coming within range of the ARIA aircraft coverage, here, in about 1 minute. They're going to try uplinking both on S-band and on VHF this time. So if you turn your—make sure your S-band volume is turned up, we'd appreciate it. And we believe that we'll have continuous coverage from now on through the TLI burn. Over.

Very good.

Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston through ARIA 4. Radio check. Over.

Houston, we read you strength 4 and a little scratchy.

Roger. We're reading you strength 5, readability about 3. Should be quite adequate.

Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston. We're reading you readability about 3, strength 5. Sounds pretty good. Over.

Apollo 11, this is Houston through ARIA 3. Radio check. Over.