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This NASA file from 1965 combines Mission Operation Report M-913-65-04 on the Gemini 4 (GT-4) flight with related correspondence. Memoranda from the Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight describe the planned four-day mission with James McDivitt and Edward White, including a spacewalk, a rendezvous with the booster second stage and thirteen experiments. Later letters and telegrams from NASA's Manned Space Science office concern the astronaut debriefing and requests for GT-4 photography and film for scientific analysis.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: June 3-7, 1965, Low Earth Orbit. Gemini IV was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the four-day flight between June 3 and June 7, 1965. The mission included the first American spacewalk. This collection of documents contains a transcription of the astronauts recounting their observations of bright particles outside the spacecraft, dated circa June 25, 1967, on pages 78-81, and page 101.
M-913-65-04 TRACKING AND DATA ACQUISITION The ground support network for GT-4 wi 11 be the Gemini Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) illustrated in Figure 22 and tabulated in Table V. There will be , however, some mi nor modifications to th e MSFN for the GT-4 miss ion. These changes for the GT-4 fl ight are prima rily in loca t ing the range t racking ships in positions most advantageous fo r the orbits to be flown . TABLE V - NETWORK REQ UIREMENTS FOR GT-4 Network Ra dar G round Sta tion Code C Band Merritt Island M ILA X Cope Ken nedy/ CNV/ M i ss ion Contro l MCC Patri ck AFB PAFB X lr.:.""d Bahamas G BI X G rand Turk GTI X IAnti ouo A NT X Asce nsion Island ASC X Valkario Fla . VA L Eleuthera Island ELU Bermuda BDA X Conarv Is land CYI X Kono N iae rio KNO Tananari ve TAN Corna rvo n CRO X Canton Is land CTN Hawaii HAW X Guovmos Mex. GYM Corous Christi TEX Rose Knot V i ctor RKV Coasta l Se ntrv CSQ Rana e Tracker RTK X Pt ArQuello, Cal CA L X White Sa nd~ NM WHS X Ea lin AFB EG L X M SC , Houston MCC ITe lemetry Airc ra ft (d) NOTES: Tracki ng Telemetry A/ G Mi strom Ac q. aid G emini la unc h Spacec ra ft Comme nd vehi cl e vo i ce or oth ers as I isted PCM FM/ FN Li nks R/T D/T RSDP * DCS Tone UHF HF re ceived GE-Mod 111 - G X X Xa 3 X X X X X Xb Xo 3 Xb X Xe Xe 3 Xb X X Xe Xe 3 Xe X X Xe X X X 3 Xb X X Xe X 3 X X X X X 2 Xo 2 Xo X 3 X X X X X 2 Xa X 3 X X X X X 3 X X X X 3 X X X X X 3 X X X X X 3 X X X X X 2 Xo X X X X X X Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe . Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe Xe X X X X Xe Xe Xe Xe Fli ght Controll er Manned Sites X X X X X X X X X a - Record Only c - Remoted to ond from the MCC b - Remoted to MCC d - Three te lemetry aircraft i n pri mary recovery area * Remote Site Data Process (R SDP) The ground network support facilities include the MCC-Houston, Cape Kennedy (CNV), Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) downrange stations, the MSFN, and Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Real time tracking and the acqui sition of data for post flight evaluation will be provided by optical and photo graphic systems, MISTRAM, GE Mod Ill radar, C-band radar, and the Impact Predictor OP) 7094. The network as listed in Table V will monitor spacecraft and launch vehicle PCM telemetry. The flight controller-manned stations, as shown in Table V will display selected spacecraft data for real-time evaluation and transmit these data to the MCC via teletype. The MCC will use both the Digital Command System (DCS) for transmitting commands. All the remote sites that are flight controller-manned, except for GYM, will have the DCS command capability. Tone commands for use by the Range Safety Officer will be used for manual fuel cutoff (MFCO), auxiliary second stage cutoff (ASCO), and Destruct. 5/24/65 Page 18
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