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
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
Telemetry, Tracking, Command, Monitor and Control, and Test and Training Systems
DSN Monitor and Control System
J. E. Maclay
NASA Code 311-03-42-94
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Reformulation of the Relativistic Transformation Between Coordinate Time and Atomic Time
J. B. Thomas
NASA Code 310-10-60-51
Results of the Tau/Mu Alternate Ranging Demonstration
B. D. L. Mulhall, F. Borncamp, and D. E. Johnson
NASA Code 310-10-60-53
Three Topocentric Range Measurements to Pioneer 10 Near Jupiter Encounter and a Preliminary Estimate of an Earth Barycenter to Jupiter Barycenter Distance
A. S. Liu
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
Low-Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. C. Clauss
NASA Code 310-20-66-91
Effects of Lognormal Amplitude Fading on Bit Error Probability for Uncoded Binary PSK Signaling
B. K. Levitt and M. Y. Rhee
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Station Control and Operations Technology
A Preliminary Deep Space Station Operational Availability Model
I. Eisenberger and F. Maiocco
NASA Code 310-30-69-10
Automation of Microwave Configuration Control
J. G. Leflang
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Cade 310-30-69-02
Network Control and Data Processing
Program Structures for Non-proper Programs
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 310-40-72-05
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network Control System
The Star Switch Controller Used in the Network Control System
T. O. Anderson
NASA Code 311-03-41-11
Deep Space Stations
Planetary Ranging Operational Software
G. R. Osborn
NASA Code 311-03-42-52
Data Decoder Assembly Reliability Modifications
R. A. Mancini
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Network Operations
Tracking Operations During the Mariner 10 Venus Encounter
A. L. Berman and G. L. Spradlin
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Software Modification to the Traceability and Reporting System
M. Puchalski
NASA Code 311-03-13-11
System Performance Tests for the Network Control System
F. B. Leppla
NASA Code 311-02-14-52
PLANNING AND FACILITIES
TDA Planning
Minimum Cost Assignment of Crews to Meet Tracking Requirements
C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
Facility Engineering
A Preliminary Analysis of the Distribution of Energy Usage at Goldstone DSCC
J. Lu
NASA Code 311-03-13-30
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