Spacelog Mercury 6

3, 2, 1, 0

Roger. The clock is operating. We're underway.

Hear loud and clear.

Roger. We're programing in roll okay.

Little bumpy along about here.

Roger.

Standby for 20 seconds.

Roger.

2 — 1, mark.

Roger. Backup clock is started.

Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 [percent], amps 27.

Roger. Loud and clear. Flight path is good, 69 [degrees].

Roger. Checks okay. Mine was 70 [degrees] on your mark.

Have some vibration area coming up here now.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear.

Roger. Coming into high Q a little bit; and a little contrail went by the window or something there.

Roger.

Fuel 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78-101 [percent], amps 24. Still okay.

We're smoothing out some now, getting out of the vibration area.

Roger. You're through max. Q. Your flight path is. …

Roger. Feels good, through max. Q and smoothing out real fine.

Cabin pressure coming down by 7.0 okay; flight very smooth now.

Sky looking very dark outside.

Cabin pressure is holding at 6.1 okay.

Roger. Cabin pressure holding at 6.1.

Roger. Have had some oscillations, but they seem to be damping out okay now.

Coming up on two minutes, and fuel is 102-101 [percent], oxygen 78 102 [percent]. The g's are building to 6.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Flight path looked good. Pitch 25 [degrees] Standby for.

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.

Roger. We confirm staging on TM.

Roger.

Still have about 1 1/2 g's. Programming. Over.

There the tower went right then. Have the tower in sight way out. Could see the tower go. Jettison tower is green.

Roger.

1 1/2 g's.

Roger, Seven. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path looks good.

Roger. Auto Retrojettison is off; Emergency Retrojettison Fuse switch, off; Retrojettison Fuse switch, off.

UHF/DF to normal.

Flight path looks good; steering is good.

Roger. Understand everything looks good; g's starting to build again a little bit.

Roger. Still reading you loud and clear. Flight path is very good. Pitch, -3 [degrees].

Roger.

My pitch checks a -7 [degrees] on your -3 [degrees].

Roger, Seven.

Friendship Seven. Fuel 103-101 [percent], oxygen 78-100 ]percent], amps 25, cabin pressure holding at 5.8.

Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Seven, Cape is Go; we're standing by for you.

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.