The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-70

May and June 1982

N. A. Renzetti
Editor


August 15, 1982

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

RADIO INTERFEROMETRY AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

GEODETIC TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT
Mobile VLBI System-3

Monitor and Control Equipment for the MV-3 Mobile Very Long Baseline Interferometry Station
R. W. Sniffen
NASA Code 692-40-20-00

THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

DSN Command System Mark IV-85
H. C. Thorman
NASA Code 34-03-81-42

The DSN VLBI System Mark IV-86
W. D. Chaney
NASA Code 34-03-41-81

PLANETARY AND INTERPLANETARY MISSION SUPPORT
Advanced Flight Projects

Deep Space Payload Launches via the Space Transportation System
A. O. Berman, W. E. Larkin, and J. C. McKinney
NASA Code 311-03-24-00

ADVANCED SYSTEMS
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

A Structure Function Representation Theorem With Applications to Frequency Stability Estimation
C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 310-10-62-10

Communications

PPM Demodulation for Reed-Solomon Decoding for the Optical Space Channel
D. Divsalar, R. M. Gagliardi, and J. H. Yuen
NASA Code 310-20-67-55

A Parallel VLSI Architecture for a Digital Filter of Arbitrary Length Using Fermat Number Transforms
T. K. Truong, I. S. Reed, C. S. Yeh, and H. M. Shao
NASA Code 310-20-67-57

The VLSI Design of a Reed-Solomon Encoder Using Berlekamp's Bit-Serial Multiplier Algorithm
T. K. Truong, L. J. Deutsch, I. S. Reed, I.-S. Hsu, K. Wang, and C.-S. Yeh
NASA Code 410-20-70-15

Power Combining of Semiconductor Lasers: A Review
J. Katz
NASA Code 310-20-67-59

2.5 Bit/Detected Photon Demonstration Program: Phase II and III Experimental Results
J. Katz
NASA Code 310-20-67-59

A Note on Deep Space Optical Communication Link Parameters
S. J. Dolinar and J. H. Yuen
NASA Code 310-20-67-55

Thermal Analysis of Antenna Backup Structure. Part I - Methodology Development
D. Schonfeld and F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 310-20-65-04

Network Data Processing and Productivity

Performance of an Optical Relay Satellite Using Reed-Solomon Coding Over a Cascaded Optical PPM and BPSK Channel
D. Divsalar and F. Naderi
NASA Code 310-40-73-10

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network

DSN Data Systems Software Methodology
C. K. Hung
NASA Code 311-03-53-29

A Federated Information Management System for the Deep Space Network
E. Dobinson
NASA Code 311-03-41-15

CONSCAN Implementatlon for Antenna Control Assembly
J. E. Ohlson and K. P. Abichandani
NASA Code 312-03-53-29

GCF Mark IV Development
L. O. Mortensen
NASA Code 312-06-32-20

OPERATIONS
Network Operations

An Introduction to the New Productivity Information Management System (PIMS)
R. Hull
NASA Code 311-03-41-92

Top Down Implementation Plan for System Performance Test Software
G. N. Jacobson and A. Spinak
NASA Code 311-03-13-24

ENERGY

Rates of Solar Angles for Two-Axis Concentrators
C. S. Yung and F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-44-08


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.


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