Mercury 6 transcript starting at -00 00 00 03 on Spacelog

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CAPCOM: 3, 2, 1, 0
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John Glenn: Roger. The clock is operating. We're underway.
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CAPCOM: Hear loud and clear.
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John Glenn: Roger. We're programing in roll okay.
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John Glenn: Little bumpy along about here.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Standby for 20 seconds.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: 2 — 1, mark.
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John Glenn: Roger. Backup clock is started.
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John Glenn: Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent], amps 27.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Loud and clear. Flight path is good, 69 [degrees].
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John Glenn: Roger. Checks okay. Mine was 70 [degrees] on your mark.
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John Glenn: Have some vibration area coming up here now.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Reading you loud and clear.
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John Glenn: Roger. Coming into high Q a little bit; and a little contrail went by the window or something there.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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John Glenn: Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-101 [percent], amps 24. Still okay.
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John Glenn: We're smoothing out some now, getting out of the vibration area.
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CAPCOM: Roger. You're through max. Q. Your flight path is. …
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John Glenn: Roger. Feels good, through max. Q and smoothing out real fine.
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John Glenn: Cabin pressure coming down by 7.0 okay; flight very smooth now.
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John Glenn: Sky looking very dark outside.
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John Glenn: Cabin pressure is holding at 6.1 okay.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Cabin pressure holding at 6.1.
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John Glenn: Roger. Have had some oscillations, but they seem to be damping out okay now.
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John Glenn: Coming up on two minutes, and fuel is 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78 102 [percent]. The g's are building to 6.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Flight path looked good. Pitch 25 [degrees] Standby for.
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John Glenn: Roger. BECO, back to 1 1/2 g's. The tower fired; could not see the tower go. I saw the smoke go by the window.
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CAPCOM: Roger. We confirm staging on TM.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: Still have about 1 1/2 g's. Programming. Over.
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John Glenn: There the tower went right then. Have the tower in sight way out. Could see the tower go. Jettison tower is green.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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John Glenn: 1 1/2 g's.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Seven. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path looks good.
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John Glenn: Roger. Auto Retrojettison is off; Emergency Retrojettison Fuse switch, off; Retrojettison Fuse switch, off.
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John Glenn: UHF/DF to normal.
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CAPCOM: Flight path looks good; steering is good.
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John Glenn: Roger. Understand everything looks good; g's starting to build again a little bit.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda has you.
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John Glenn: Roger. Bermuda standby. This is Friendship Seven. Fuel 103-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent]. All voltages above 25, amps 26
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CAPCOM: Roger. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path is very good. Pitch, -3 [degrees].
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John Glenn: Roger.
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John Glenn: My pitch checks a -7 [degrees] on your -3 [degrees].
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CAPCOM: Roger, Seven.
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John Glenn: Friendship Seven. Fuel 103-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 ]percent], amps 25, cabin pressure holding at 5.8.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Seven, Cape is Go; we're standing by for you.
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John Glenn: Roger. Cape is Go and I am Go. Capsule is in good shape. Fuel 103-102 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent], cabin pressure holding steady at 5.8, amps is 26. All systems are Go.

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