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Final Apollo 9 Flight Plan NATIONAL AERONAUT_AND ......SPACE ADMINISTRATION ' FINAL l ..i._- !'; APOLLO 9 FLIGHTPLAN O000000]-TSB03 APOLLO 9 APOLLO ASSO4/IO4/LM-3 FINAL FLIGHT PLAN FEBRUARY 3, 1969 Submitted by: • J. FLight Planning Branch S. H. Gardner Flight Planning Branch W. J. North l Chief, Flight Crew S_pport Division onald K. Slayton [% Director of Flight Cre_rations Concurrence: __'GeoOWrge M. _ _II__0 Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Director of F!i_tOperagion_ Amy comments or questions on this_ocument should be ................ forwarded to J. V. Rivers or S. H, Gardner, Flight Planning Branch, mail code CFSh, extension h2T1. 00000001-TSB04 Ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Abbreviations Section 1 General 1. Flight Plan Description 1-1 2o Flight Plan Notes 1-].7 Section 2 - Update Pads i. CSM Block Data 2-1 P27 Update 2-3 Nay Check 2-5 Maneuver Update 2-7 Entry Update and Postburn Update 2-10 Star Check Update 2-13 Landmark Tracking Update 2-15 S0650Update 2-17 Consumables Update 2-19 2. LM AOT Star Observation 2-21 S-Band Steerable Update 2-22 Maneuver Update 2-23 CSI Maneuver Update 2-26 CDH Maneuver Update 2-28 TPI Manuever Update 2-30 P27 Update 2-32 AGS State Vector Update 2-34 Gimbal Angle Update* 2-36 " Section 3 - Detailed Timeline i. Summary Flight Plan 3-i 2. Burn Schedule ...... 3-ii 3. Launch 3-i 4.___S-IVB Orbital Operations 3-3 5. Docked Orbital Activites SPS Burn No. 1 3-6 SPS Burn No. 2 3-14 SPS Burn No. 3 3-15 SPS Burn No. 4 3-17 6. LM Systems Evaluation LMActivation 3-24 Docked DPS Burn 3-31 SPS Burn No. 5 3-35 7. EVA 3-43 8. iMActive Rendezvous 3-58 *Used in both the LM & CSM. m Section 3 - Detailed Timeline (Cont'd) 9. Undocked Orbital Activities LM Jettison 3-70 APS Burn to Depletion 3-70 SPS Burn No. 6 3-81 S065 Photography 3-81 Landmark Tracking 3-91 SPS Burn No. 7 3-104 S065 Photography ..... 3-_105,114,126 10. Entry Preparation 3-136 , ll. Deorbit 3-139 Section 4 - Detailed Test Objective Activities , 1. Introduction 4-i 2. DT0 -Mission Activity Cross Reference 4-2 3. Launch Monitoring 4-13 4. CSM Transposition and Docking 4-14 5. LM/CSM Ejection from SLA 4-15 6.. CSM RIPA Bias Test 4-16 7. Docked CSM IMU Alignment 4-17 8. Alignment Checks 4-18 9. SPS Burn No. 1 4-19 10. CSM D_ylight Star Check 4-20 ll. SPS Burn No. 2 4-21 12. SPS Burn No. 3 4-22 13. TunnelClearing - Three Crewmen in CM 4-24 < 14. EPS Activation and Checkout 4-25 15. ECS Activation 4-26 16. Tunnel Hardware Installation ...... 4-27 . 17. Daytime AOT Star Visibility 4-28 18. Daytime A0T Star Occulation 4-29 19. LM Steerable Antenna Test 4-30 20. Communications Test - LM Activation 4-31 21. Landing Gear Deployment 4-33 22. Relay Tests 4-34 23. PLSS Communication Checks 4-36 24. LM PIPA Bias Test 4-38 25. La_ding Radar Self-Test 4-39 26. AGS Initialization 4-40 27. AGS Calibration 4-41 .................... 28. Docked DPS Burn 4-42 29. Tunnel Clearing - Two Crewmen in LM 4-45 30. Sublimator_Dryout 4-46 31. EVA 4-47 32. EVA Communications Test _-49 33. LM LiOH Caztridge Removal 4-50 34. Rendezvous Radar Self-Test 4-51 35. I/4/CSM Undocking and Inspection 4-52 36. LM AGS Attitude Control 4-55 37. LM IMU Alignments 4-56 00000001-TSB06 Section 4 - Detailed Test Objectives (Cont'd) 38. LM COAS Calibration Check 4-57 39. EPS Preparation for a DPS Burn 4-58 40. LM AGS Manual Translation 4-59 , 41. Rendezvous Phasing Burn 4-60 42. IN AOT Nighttime Star Observation - RR Steerable Antenna 4-62 43. LMAOT Nighttime Star Observation - RR 4-63 44, Rendezvous Insertion Burn 4-64 45_ Rendezvous Radar Tracking Test 4-65 46. Rendezvous Communication Tests 4-66 47. EPS Prestaging Check 4-67 48. APS CDH Burn 4-68 49. LM RCS Plume Effects on RR Tracking 4469 50. Rendezvous Data 4-70 51. Post Rendezvous Inspection 4-71 52. RR Corona Test 4-72 53. LM PGNS Attitude Control 4-73 54 .....LM PGNCS Attitude Contzol-- 4-73 55. LMActive Docking 4-75 56. IM Jettison 4-76 57. APS Burn to Depletion 4-77 58. S065 Photography 4-78 59. CSM Orbital Navigation 4-82 60. Crew Monitoring 4-83 Section 5 - Communications Plan 1. Introduction 5-1 2. Launch 5-2 3. Insertion to LM Activation 5-2 4. LM Activation and Checkout 5-2 5. EVA 5-3 6. Rendezvous 5-4 7. IM Jettison _-5 8. Post LM Jettison 5-5 9. LM DFI Schedule 5-6 10. MSFN Station Capabilities ....... 5-13 Section 6 - Consumable Analysis (TO BE SUPPLIED) 00000001-TSB07 INTRODUCTION This Flight Plan has been prepared by the Flight Planning Branch, Flight ................. Crew Support Division, with technical support by TRW Systems. This document schedules the AS5Oh/CSMIOh/LM3 operations and crew activities to fulfill, when possible, the test objectives defined in the Mission Re- quirements, D Type Mission, IN Evaluation and Combined Operations, Rev. l, Chenge A. The trajectory parameters used in this Flight P]an are for a February 20, 1969 launch, with a 72 ° launch azimuth and were supplied by Mission Planning and Analysis Division as defined by the Apollo Mission D Spacecraft Operational Trajectory, Rev. 1. The Apollo 9 Flight Plan is under the configuration control of the Crew Procedures Control Board (CPCB). All proposed changes to this document that fall in the following categories should be submitted to the CPCB via a Crew Procedures Change Request: 1. Items 5hat impose additional crew training or impact crew procedures. 2. Itemsthat impact the accomplishment of detailed test objectives. 3. Items that result in a significant RCS or EPS budget change. 4. 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