National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents
OSO TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION
The First Geocenter Estimation Results Using GPS Measurements
R. P. Malla and S. C. Wu
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-02
Computer Simulations of Ions in Radio-Frequency Traps
A. Williams, J. D. Prestage, L. Maleki, J. Djomehri, and E. Harabetian
NASA Code 310-10-62-15-00
Design of a Fiber-Optic Transmitter for Microwave Analog Transmission With High Phase Stability
R. T. Logan, Jr., G. F. Lutes, L. E. Primas, and L. Maleki
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00
Navigational Utility of High-Precision Radio Interferometry for Galileo's Approach to Jupiter
W. M. Folkner
NASA Code 310-10-63-88-01
COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND
Linear-Phase Approximation in the Triangular Facet Near-Field Physical Optics Computer Program
W. A. Imbriale and R. E. Hodges
NASA Code 310-20-65-04-00
Site Comparison for Optical Visibility Statistics in Southern Arizona
K. A. Cowles
NASA Code 310-20-67-88-03
The Theoretical Limits of Source and Channel Coding
S. J. Dolinar and F. Pollara
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
A High-Speed Distortionless Predictive Image-Compression Scheme
K.-M. Cheung, P. Smyth, and H. Wang
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS
Interagency Telemetry Arraying for Voyager-Neptune Encounter
D. W. Brown, W. D. Brundage, J. S. Ulvestad, S. S. Kent, and K. P. Bartos
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-13
The Parkes Front-End Controller and Noise-Adding Radiometer
T. J. Brunzie
NASA Code 314-30-66-11-11
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS
The Impact of NRZ Data Asymmetry on the Performance of a Space Telemetry System
T. M. Nguyen
NASA Code 314-40-22-70-08
OSSA TASKS
SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
Technical Considerations on Using the Large Nancay Radio Telescope for SETI
S. Gulkis, F. Biraud, J. Heidmann, and J. Tarter
NASA Code 314-30-69-10-03
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