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
Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
DSN Tracking System - Mark III-75
W. D. Chaney
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Helios B - Deep Space Network Compatibility Test Summary
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-22-10
Pioneer Venus 1978 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin, W. G. Meeks, and R. E. Morris
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
Atmospheric Water Vapor Calibrations: Radiometer Technique
F. B. Winn, S. C. Wu, G. M. Resch, C. C. Chao, and O. H. von Roos
NASA Code 310-10-60-40
S- X-Band Experiment: Development and Evaluation of a Set of Group Delay Standards
T. Y. Otoshi and R. W. Beatty
NASA Code 310-10-61-13
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
Proposed Modifications to the Wind Loading Specifications Applied to Ground Antennas
M. S. Katow
NASA Code 310-20-65-10
Analysis of Command Detector In-Lock Monitoring
R. G. Lipes
NASA Code 310-20-67-09
Precision Signal Power Measurement Equipment - Radio Frequency Section
G. Stevens
NASA Code 310-20-67-03
Foundation Analysis, Preliminary Investigation
H. McGinness and M. S. Katow
NASA Code 310-20-65-02
Power Spectrum for Binary NRZ Data With Less Than 50% Transitions
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Precision Signal Power Measurement and Noise-Adding Radiometer Equipment
L. C. Constenla
NASA Code 310-20-67-03
Digital Demodulation With a Non-Ideal Quantizer
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
WAVEFRONT Stiffness Matrix Resequencing Program Modifications for the 1108 Computer
R. Levy
NASA Code 310-20-65-02
The Analysis of Microwave Weather Project Data
M. S. Reid
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Station Control and Operations Technology
X-Band Reject Filter
R. Lay
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Two Methods for Reducing the Number of Multiplications in Complex Fast Fourier Transforms
D. E. Wallis
NASA Code 310-30-69-08
An Automated Tracking System for the ARIES Antenna
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-68-09
An INTEL 8080 Cross Assembler for the Modcomp II Minicomputer
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-68-09
Theory, Operation, and Computer Programming of the 512-Lag Correlator System
R. F. Jurgens
NASA Code 310-30-69-08
Network Control and Data Processing
The Analysis of Stuctured Programs - Part I: Kirchhoff's Equations
R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
A New Class of Burst-Correcting Cyclic Codes
B. Arazi
NASA Code 410-40-70-02
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
An Error-Minimizing Software Audit Technique
J. C. Holland and W. O. Paine
NASA Code 311-03-32-20
Preliminary Results of DSN Performance for Convolutional Codes With a Viterbi Decoder
J. M. Urech, L. D. Vit, and B. D. L. Mulhall
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
Deep Space Stations
Phase-Stable Receiver Development
C. E. Johns
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
Computer Modeling of a Single-Stage Lithium Bromide/Water Absorption Refrigeration Unit
F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-44-14
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 311-03-14-64
Analysis of Solar Effects Upon Observed Doppler Noise During the Helios I Second Solar Conjunction
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Tracking Operations During the Helios 2 Launch Phase
L. E. Bright
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Deep Space Stations
Temperature Effects on Transmission Line Phase and Group Delay
H. R. Buchanan and A. L. Price
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
PROGRAM PLANNING
TDA Planning
Life Cycle Costing of Long-Term Capability With a Discount Rate
E. C. Posner
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
Computerizing Goldstone Facility Maintenance Data
for Management Decisions
F. R. Maiocco and J. P. Hume
NASA Code 311-03-32-10
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.