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ABSTRACT ART:

The Apollo 11 Flight Plan

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Launch and Earth Parking Orbit

 ………..Nominal launch time is 9:32 EDT

00:00 REPORT  Lift-off

……..00:10  REPORT  Clear of tower

………………..00:15  REPORT  Roll and pitch program initiate

………………………….00:32 REPORT  Roll complete

…………………………………02:15  REPORT  Inboard engine out

……………………………………….2:41   REPORT  Outboard engines out

Staging/S-II stage ignition

…….3:17  REPORT   Escape Tower jettison

……………9:11  REPORT  S-II Cutoff

  ………S-IV stage ignition

  ………………..11:40  REPORT  SECO, Sustainer Engine Cut-off

……………IMU gimbal angles at insertion

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Earth orbit insertion into a 100 n.m. circular orbit

………Remove and stow helmets and gloves

 ……………..Unstow cameras

 ……………………….Guidance align to IMU — record drift

  ……………………….IMU realign — computer program P52

 ……………….Reaction Control System:  Service Module RCS hot fire 

……………………………..(minimum impulse — all jets)

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01:00  Begin TLI preparation

  ………..Don helmets & gloves

  …………….Guidance align to IMU

02:30  Go/no for TLI

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Translunar Insertion occurs at 2:44:45 over the Pacific Ocean.

…………………………………….Burn time 5:20

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CSM SEP preparation

…………… Load docking gimbal angles.

…………………3:15   CSM/SIV-B sep

………..3:25   Docking

……………Configure for extraction

………………………Check LM press stabilization

……………………………..Remove and temp stow tunnel hatch

………………………………………Check docking latches

…………….. Connect umbilicals — verify power to LM

………………………..Reinstall hatch

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4:10  LM ejection

 ………….SPS thrust

 ……………….Roll to visually acquire SIV-B

04:39:45  Evasive MNVR

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Cislunar navigation — P23

……………7:00  Eat period — all  (one hour)

12:30  Rest period (9 hours)