I would imagine the resulting mission may have resembled Atlantis' first flight to Mir- or Gemini 6/7- perhaps with an opportunity for an artificial eclipse study?
If the S-IVB underperformed or cut off fairly close to orbital insertion speed,....
I've never seen ASTP referred to as "Apollo 18".
I should have been more specific, Doug. I was assuming that an SPS abort to orbit would involve S-4B shutdown and separation, RCS firing to insure no re-contact happened , and then an SPS burn to orbit. I'd love to see the specifics for this mode of RCS abort to orbit mode. Are they covered in the ASTP press kit..........anyone?
Quote from: DMeader on 06/15/2015 05:43 pmI've never seen ASTP referred to as "Apollo 18".http://history.nasa.gov/apollo/soyuz.html
Quote from: kch on 06/15/2015 05:59 pmQuote from: DMeader on 06/15/2015 05:43 pmI've never seen ASTP referred to as "Apollo 18".http://history.nasa.gov/apollo/soyuz.htmlI've never seen a contemporary NASA source refer to ASTP as Apollo 18. Apollo 18 was a cancelled lunar mission.
Also, in the official transcripts, there was no "Mode 5" call made to the spacecraft during ascent