Spacelog Mercury 6

California Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.

Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. How do you read? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Loud and clear. How me? Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven, this is California Com Tech. Reading you loud and clear on UHF.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Let me give you my time, my capsule elapsed time is 04 plus 31 plus 35 on my mark. 2, 3, 4, MARK. Will you relay that immediately to Cape? I think we're several seconds off. Over.

Roger, we have you on that. Will give you the count down for retro-sequenee time, John. You're looking good.

Roger. We only have 50 seconds to retrograde. Over.

John, I'll give a mark. 45, MARK.

Roger.

I'm on ASCS and backing it up manual. Over.

Roger. Retro-warning is on.

Good.

John, leave your retropack on through your pass over Texas. Do you read?

Roger.

15 seconds to sequence.

Roger.

10.

5. 4, 3, 2, 1, MARK