The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-167

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


November 15, 2006


National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Master Clock and Time Distribution System for the NASA Deep Space Network: Part I
R. L. Tjoelker, M. Calhoun, P. F. Kuhnle, J. Lauf, and R. L.Sydnor

Ground System Phase Estimation Techniques for Uplink Array Applications
L. Paal, R. Mukai, V. Vilnrotter, T. Cornish, and D. Lee

All-Photonic Link for High-Performance Antenna Arraying
S. Huang and R. L. Tjoelker

The Long-Wave Infrared Earth Image as a Pointing Reference for Deep-Space Optical Communications
A. Biswas, S. Piazzolla, G. Peterson, G. G. Ortiz, and H. Hemmati

Space Weather and Deep-Space Communications
R. Woo

Bounds on the Error Variance when Estimating the Position of an Image
B. Moision

Servo Performance Parameters of the Deep Space Network Antennas
W. Gawronski


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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