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The (corrected) drawing says Sprague made these capacitors: http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/SCDs/scd_1006755-.pdf (I don't know if Kemet made other capacitors used in Apollo.)

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To the contrary! In our AGC, all of the capacitors not tucked into cordwood holes sport a KEMET logo and part number: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oGsrgXBpNMccmkWV7

I think the Computer History Museum's might have Sprague caps in it, though.

Yep, that's the capacitor I was referring to below. At least some of them were definitely Kemet parts. I don't remember seeing any Sprague logos but I imagine there were some of those around, too.

That's a bummer, but thanks for taking a look. Sprague was and still is a competitor to Kemet.

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