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  1. doug1956

    Apollo 15 DOI, RTCC MFD question

    Comes the dawn... I recalculated the DOI, then tried the PDI again and came up with times within 10 seconds of historical. Real world intruding, so will be a few hours before I continue, but thanks again for the candle!
  2. doug1956

    Apollo 15 DOI, RTCC MFD question

    Ok, should have been obvious to check the maneuver pad page for a PDI option. The PDI pad is giving me a burn, but the TIG is about 13 hours later than the historical burn, with a correspondingly later landing time. You say I'll need to update the landing time, I'm not seeing how to do that...
  3. doug1956

    Apollo 15 DOI, RTCC MFD question

    Another speed bump... Am to the point in the LM Timeline Book where the PDI pad is uplinked, app. GET 102:20:00. Assuming I use the RTCC MFD for that also. indy91, found your post from back in 2019 where you went through the procedure to do a Separation, DOI, and PDI in Apollo 11. It appears...
  4. doug1956

    Apollo 15 DOI, RTCC MFD question

    Thanks for the reply! Yeah, after I posted this, I tried to 'wrap my head' around what was happening, and not happening, after the LOI burn, and I realized that, while the apolune and perilune numbers were pretty close, they were occurring at the wrong places in the orbit. The descent...
  5. doug1956

    Apollo 15 DOI, RTCC MFD question

    I am 81 hours into the Apollo 15 mission, and have a question about getting a good DOI from the RTCC MFD, but first some quick kudos and thanks. I've learned a lot about space flight, the Apollo program, NASSP, and especially about the value of browsing this forum for answers. Many have had...
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