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
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
DSN Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 1977 Prototype Radio Frequency
Subsystem Compatibility Status and Test Report
A. I. Bryan and B. D. Madsen
NASA Code 311-03-23-10
Viking Mission Support
R. J. Amorose and D. W. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Pioneer Mission Support
T. P. Adamski
NASA Code 311-03-31-90
Helios Mission Support
P.S. Goodwin, W. G. Meeks, and R. E. Morris
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Station Control and Operations Technology
Hardware Additions to Microprocessor Architecture Aid
Software Development
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-68-09
512-Channel Correlator Controller
S. S. Brokl
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Command Detector SNR Estimator and Lock Status
Monitor Circuitry
R. F. Emerson
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Three-Level Sampler Having Automated Thresholds
R. F. Jurgens
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Network Control and Data Processing
An Algebraic Approach to Image De-smearing: Symmetries of
Polynomials and Their Zeros
D. L. Johnson
NASA Code 310-40-70-02
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
The Fast Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes Using Number
Theoretic Transforms
I. S. Reed and L. R. Welch
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Deep Space Stations
LS 44 - An Improved Deep Space Network Station Location Set
for Viking Navigation
H. M. Koble, G. E. Pease, and K. W. Yip
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
High-Efficiency Solar Concentrator
F. L. Lansing and J. Dorman
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
A Two-Dimensional Finite-Difference Solution for the Transient Thermal Behavior of a Tubular Solar Collector
F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
Radio-Frequency Boresight Analysis of the Low-Cost
64-Meter Antenna
M. S. Katow
NASA Code 311-03-42-00
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
The Pioneer 11 1976 Solar Conjunction: A Unique Opportunity to Explore the Heliographic Latitudinal Variations of the Solar Corona
A. L. Berman, J. A. Wackley, S. T. Rockwell, and J. G. Yee
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Viking 1 Planetary Phase Tracking Operations: Mars Orbit
Insertion Through Landing
A. L. Berman and J. A. Wackley
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
PROGRAM PLANNING
TDA Planning
An Approach to Improve Management Visibility Within the
Procurement and Financial Group at Goldstone
F. R. Maiocco and J. B. Rozek
NASA Code 311-03-32-10
A Technique for Generating Correlated X-Band Weather
Degradation Statistics
E. C. Posner and F. J. Zeigler
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
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.