The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-115

July-September 1993

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor-in-Chief


November 15, 1993


National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

List of Changes

OSC TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

A Review of GPS-Based Tracking Techniques for TDRS Orbit Determination
B. J. Haines, S. M. Lichten, R. P. Malla, and S.-C. Wu
NASA Code 310-10-61-92-01

New Approaches for Tracking Earth Orbiters Using Modified GPS Ground Receivers
S. M. Lichten, L. E. Young, S. Nandi, B. J. Haines, C. E. Dunn, and C. D. Edwards
NASA Code 310-10-61-92-91

Improved Thermal Force Modelling for GPS Satellites
Y. Vigue, R. E. Schutz, and P. A. M. Abusali
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-02

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Experimental Modification and Identification of the DSS-13 Antenna Control System Model
C. S. Racho and W. K. Gawronski
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00

Performance of the X-/Ka-/KABLE-Band Dichroic Plate in the DSS-13 Beam Waveguide Antenna
J. C. Chen, P. H. Stanton, and H. F. Reilly
NASA Code 310-20-64-83-02

Cryogenic, Low-Noise High Electron Mobility Transistor Amplifiers for the Deep Space Network
J. J. Bautista
NASA Code 310-20-66-09-01

Analysis of Open-Loop Conical Scan Pointing Error and Variance Estimators
L. S. Alvarez
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00

Spur-Reduced Digital Sinusoid Synthesis
M. J. Flanagan and G. A. Zimmerman
NASA Code 310-30-70-87-02

Box Codes of Lengths 48 and 72
G. Solomon and Y. Jin
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Integer Cosine Transform Compression for Galileo at Jupiter: A Preliminary Look
L. Ekroot, S. Dolinar, and K.-M. Cheung
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Link Monitor and Control Operator Assistant: A Prototype Demonstrating Semiautomated Monitor and Control
L. F. Lee and L. P. Cooper
NASA Code 310-40-73-90-01

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS

Beam-Waveguide Antenna Servo Design Issues for Tracking Low-Earth-Orbiting Satellites
W. K. Gawronski and J. A. Mellstrom
NASA Code 314-30-50-12-80

NETWORK UPGRADE AND SUSTAINING

Optical Subnet Concepts for the Deep Space Network
K. Shaik, D. Wonica, and M. Wilhelm
NASA Code 315-91-30-20-03


The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.


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