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 Telemetry System, Mark III-77
E. C. Gatz
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Voyager Flight Project - DSN Telecommunications Compatibility
Test Program
A. I. Bryan, R. P. Kemp, and B. D. Madsen
NASA Code 311-03-23-10
Viking Extended Mission Support
T. W. Howe
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A First-Principles Derivation of Doppler Noise Expected From Solar
Wind Density Fluctuations
P. S. Callahan
NASA Code 310-10-60-05
VLBI Instrumental Effects, Part I
J. W. Layland and W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-10-61-08
VLBI Clock Sync and the Earth's Rotational Instability
J. W. Layland and A. N. Mathews
NASA Code 310-10-61-08
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
X- and K-Band Maser Development: Effects of Interfering Signals
R. C. Clauss
NASA Code 310-20-66-07
Complex Mixer System Modifications
G. L. Stevens
NASA Code 310-20-67-03
Minimum-Weight Codewords in the (128,64) BCH Code
L. D. Baumert and L. R. Welch
NASA Code 310-20-67-11
Station Control and Operations Technology
A High-Speed Computer Link for Moderate Distances and Noisy
Environments
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-68-11
DSS 13 Automated Antenna Pointing Subsystem Phase I Hardware
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-68-11
Digital High Density (80 Mb/s) Tape
M. D. Donner
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Network Control and Data Processing
Dynamic Spares Provisioning for the DSN
I. Eisenberger and G. Lorden
NASA Code 310-40-73-02
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
Planetary Atmosphere Modeling and Predictions
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
An Empirical Model for the Solar Wind Velocity
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
RMS Electron Density Fluctuation at 1 AU
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
S-X Conversion for the Block III Receiver-Exciter
R. E. Weller
NASA Code 311-03-31-59
DSN Telemetry System Performance Using a Maximum Likelihood
Convolutional Decoder
B. Benjauthrit and R. P. Kemp
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
Ground Communications
CCIR Papers on Telecommunications for Deep Space Research
N. F. de Groot
NASA Code 311-06-50-00
Deep Space Stations
Dual Coupler Configuration at DSS 14 for the Voyager Era
T. Y. Otoshi, K. B. Wallace, and R. B. Lyon
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
A High-Power Dual-Directional Coupler
K. B. Wallace and T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
Radial Bearing Measurements of the 64-m Antenna, DSS 14
G. Gale
NASA Code 311-03-44-11
PROGRAM PLANNING
TDA Planning
Cost Evaluation of a DSN High Level Real-Time Language
M. McKenzie
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
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