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by wopian 2306 days ago
It should be 1. "GAINBRAK,1" is assigning 1 to GAINBRAK.
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No, it's not. The 1 here is using interpretive index register X1 to index onto GAINBRAK. The star on the DMP means that multiplication is indexed. GAINBRAK is one of the pad-loaded descent targeting parameters; the index selects the appropriate number based on the phase of the descent.