The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-118

April-June 1994

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor-in-Chief


August 15, 1994


National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Note From the Editor

Preface

OSC TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

The Long-Term Forecast of Station View Periods
M. W. Lo
NASA Code 310-10-63-50-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

The Stark Anomalous Dispersion Optical Filter: The Theory
B. Yin and T. M. Shay
NASA Code 31-20-67-92-02

Convolutional Encoding of Self-Dual Block Codes (II)
G. Solomon and Y. Yin
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Spin Glasses and Error-Correcting Codes
M. L. Belongie
NASA Code 315-91-40-20-36

STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

Linear Quadratic Gaussian and Feedforward Controllers for the DSS-13 Antenna
W. K. Gawronski, C. S. Racho, and J. A. Mellstrom
NASA Code 310-20-65-92-02

A Radio Telescope for the Calibration of Radio Sources at 32 Gigahertz
M. S. Gatti, S. R. Stewart, J. G. Bowen, and E. B. Paulsen
NASA Code 310-30-69-91-01

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS

The Block V Receiver Fast Acquisition Algorithm for the Galileo S-Band Mission
M. Aung, W. J. Hurd, C. M. Buu, J. B. Berner, S. A. Stephens, and J. M. Gevargiz
NASA Code 314-30-63-01-01

CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

Research and Development Optical Deep Space Antenna Sizing Study
D. Wonica
NASA Code 310-20-67-92-02

NETWORK UPGRADE AND SUSTAINING

Pilot Retrofit Test of Refrigerant R-134a for GDSCC
J. Albus, B. Brown, M. Dungao, and G. Spencer
NASA Code 314-40-32-10-23

A Trajectory Preprocessor for Antenna Pointing
S. R. Tyler
NASA Code 314-40-42-01-03

DSN Operations
NETWORK OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT

The Network Operations Control Center Upgrade Task: Lessons Learned
T.-L. Tran, J. S. Sherif, and S. Lee
NASA Code 314-30-43-09-01

LONG-RANGE PROGRAM PLANNING

Low-Earth-Orbiter Resource Allocation and Capacity Planning for the DSN Using LEO4CAST
G. Fox and C. Borden
NASA Code 315-90-71-10-08

Referees


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.