National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Ground-to-Ground Optical Communications Demonstration
A. Biswas and S. Lee
Adaptive Detector Arrays for Optical Communications Receivers
V. Vilnrotter and M. Srinivasan
Ceramic Waveguides
C. Yeh, F. Shimabukuro, P. Stanton, V. Jamnejad, W. Imbriale, and
F. Manshadi
Improved Carrier Tracking for Low-Threshold Telemetry Using a Smoother
W. J. Hurd and A. Mileant
Computationally Intelligent Array Feed Tracking Algorithms for Large DSN Antennas
R. Mukai, V. Vilnrotter, P. Arabshahi, and V. Jamnejad
An Improved X-Band Maser System for Deep Space Network Applications
M. Britcliffe, T. Hanson, and J. Fernandez
A Demonstration of Dual K-Band Frequency Radiometry With the Deep Space Network 70-Meter Antennas
G. Lanyi and C. Naudet
Altimeter Range Processing Analysis for Spacecraft Navigation About Small Bodies
J. J. Bordi, P. G. Antreasian, J. K. Miller, and B. G. Williams
A Comparison of Close-Proximity Operations at Asteroids and Comets
D. J. Scheeres
Development of a Bird Net Cover for DSN Beam-Waveguide Antennas
T. Y. Otoshi, W. Veruttipong, and J. Sosnowski
A High-Q Millimeter-Wave Dielectric-Resonator Bandpass Filter Using Whispering-Gallery Modes
Y. Ji, X. S. Yao, and L. Maleki
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