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-77
W. D. Chaney
NASA Code 310-40-73-02
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Pioneer Venus 1978 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
TDA Mission Support Office
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
Summary Report and Status of the Deep Space Network-Voyager Flight Project Telecommunications
Compatibility
A. I. Bryan, R. P. Kemp, and B. D. Madsen
NASA Code 311-03-23-10
Viking Extended Mission Support
T. W. Howe and D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin, E. S. Burke, and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
Deep Space Network to Viking Orbiter Telecommunication Link Effects During 1976 Superior Conjunction
F. H. J. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
DSN Water Vapor Radiometer Development - A Summary of Recent Work, 1976-1977
S. D. Slobin and P. D. Batelaan
NASA Code 310-10-61-08
Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standards for the Deep Space Network
P. R. Dachel, S. M. Petty, R. F. Meyer, and R. L. Sydnor
NASA Code 310-10-61-08
The Application of Differential VLBI to Planetary Approach Orbit Determination
J. K. Miller and K. H. Rourke
NASA Code 310-10-60-02
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
Maintenance and Operations Cost Model for DSN Subsystems
R. W. Burt and J. R. Lesh
NASA Code 310-20-67-13
An Improved Digital Algorithm for Fast Amplitude Approximations of Quadrature Pairs
B. K. Levitt and G. A. Morris
NASA Code 310-20-66-07
Network Control and Data Processing
Life-Cycle Costing: Practical Considerations
I. Eisenberger and G. Lorden
NASA Code 310-40-73-02
Concatenated Shift Registers Generating Maximally Spaced Phase Shifts of PN-Sequences
W. J. Hurd and L. R. Welch
NASA Code 310-40-72-08
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
On the Fundamental Structure of Galois Switching Functions
B. Benjauthrit and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
Phase Fluctuation Spectra: New Radio Science Information To Become Available in the DSN Tracking System Mark III-77
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
DSN Radio Science System Mark III-78 Real-Time Display Capability
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Deep Space Stations
Dual-Frequency Feed System for 26-Meter Antenna Conversion
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-59
Intermodulation Components in the Transmitter RF Output Due to High Voltage Power Supply Ripple
E. J. Finnegan
NASA Code 311-03-44-11
Measurement of Klystron Phase Modulation Due to AC-Powered Filaments
E. J. Finnegan
NASA Code 311-03-44-11
Comparative Thermodynamic Performance of Some Rankine/Brayton Cycle Configurations for a
Low-Temperature Energy Application
F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
64-Meter Antenna Pedestal Tilt at DSS 43, Tidbinbilla, Australia
G. Gale and A. A. Riewe
NASA Code 311-03-44-23
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
Radio Frequency Interference Effects of Continuous Sinewave Signals on Telemetry Data
P. W. Low
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Tracking System Performance Tests in the MDS Era
B. J. Buckles
NASA Code 311-03-14-20
PROGRAM PLANNING
TDA Planning
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 311-03-15-30
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.