Objective
The original Gemini 6 mission, scheduled for launch on October 25, 1965 at 12:41 pm EDT, had a planned mission duration of 46 hours 47 minutes, completing a total of 29 orbits. It was to land in the western Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.
The mission was to include four dockings with the Agena Target Vehicle. The first docking was scheduled for 5 hours 40 minutes into the mission. The second at 7 hours 45 minutes, the third at 9 hours 40 minutes and the fourth and final docking at 10 hours 5 minutes into the mission. The final undocking would take place at 18 hours 20 minutes into the mission.
At 23 hours 55 minutes into the mission, while the spacecraft passed over White Sands, New Mexico, the crew was to attempt to observe a laser beam originating from the ground.
The retro rockets were scheduled to be fired at 46 hours 10 minutes into the mission over the Pacific Ocean on the 29th orbit.
Original mission plans also included the first live television coverage of the recovery of a US spacecraft at sea from the recovery ship, the US aircraft carrier Wasp. The Wasp was fitted with ground station equipment by ITT to relay live television, via the Intelsat I (nicknamed the "Early Bird") satellite.
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