National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Mariner 10 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway and D. W. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-31-70
Pioneer 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin and W. G. Meeks
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
Helios Flight 1 Spacecraft/Deep Space Network Compatibility
Test Summary
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-02-21
RADIO SCIENCE
Special Projects
A Demonstration of Radio Interferometric Surveying Using DSS 14 and the Project ARIES Transportable Antenna
K. M. Ong, P. F. MacDoran, J. B. Thomas, H. F. Fliegel, L. J. Skjerve,
D. J. Spitzmesser, P. D. Batelaan, S. R. Paine, and M. G. Newsted
NASA Code 635-05-03-01
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
System Performance of the Dual-Channel Mu-II Sequential Ranging
W. L. Martin
NASA Code 310-10-61-01
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
A Fabrication Method for 64-m Antenna Radial Bearing Wear
Strip Segments
H. D. McGinness, H. P. Phillips, and R. E. Renner
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Operating Noise Temperature Calibrations of the S-Band Systems at DSS 14 for Calendar Year 1974
M. S. Reid and D. W. Veelik
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
High-Viscosity Oil Filtration for Hydrostatic Bearings
H. D. McGinness and H. P. Phillips
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Long Frame Sync Words for Binary PSK Telemetry
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
A Multiple-Rate Digital Command Detection System With
Range Cleanup Capability
J. R. Lesh
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Analysis of the Signal Combiner for Multiple Antenna Arraying
R. A. Winkelstein
NASA Code 310-20-67-09
Station Control and Operations Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Diagnostic and Control Panel for the Coherent Reference Generator
C. F. Foster
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
Automation of Data Gathering and Analysis for the
Fourth-Harmonic Analyzer
Y. L. Grigsby
NASA Code 310-30-68-11
Goldstone Solar Energy Instrumentation Project: Description,
Instrumentation, and Preliminary Results
M. S. Reid, R. A. Gardner, and O. B. Parham
Network Control and Data Processing
Software for Multicomputer Communications
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
Confidence Bounds on Failure Probability Estimates
O. Adeyemi
NASA Code 310-40-70-02
An NCS Standard Interface for the XDS 900 Series Computers
W. Lushbaugh
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Deep Space Stations
Operational X-Band Maser System
H. R. Buchanan, R. W. Hartop, J. G. Leflang, J. R. Loreman, and
D. L. Trowbridge
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Implementation of DSS 43 and DSS 63 High-Power Transmitters
J. R. Paluka
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
X-Band Tracking Operations During the Viking Orbital Phase
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
PLANNING AND FACILITIES
TDA Planning
TDA Data Management Planning: Readability of Flow Charts
E. C. Posner
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
Facility Engineering
Automatic Cable Tester
W. D. Schreiner
NASA Code 311-03-32-20
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