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
DSN Telemetry System, 1973-1976
E. C. Gatz
NASA Code 311-03-42-94
DSN Tracking System Predictions
W. D. Chaney and O. B. Shows
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway and D. W. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
Helios Prototype Spacecraft Deep Space Network Compatibility
Test Summary
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-02-21
Advanced Flight Projects
Pioneer Venus 1978 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
Low-Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. B. Quinn
NASA Code 310-20-66-01
S/X Experiment: A Study of the Effects of Ambient Temperature
on Ranging Calibrations
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Characteristics and Simulated Performance of Short Convolutional Codes: Length 7, Rate 1/3
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Performance Degradation of Uncoded and Sequentially Decoded
PSK Systems Due to Log-Normal Fading
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Network Control and Data Processing
Data Structure Design Guidelines
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 310-40-72-05
High-Speed Data Throughput
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 310-40-70-03
"Tutorial Input" - Standardizing the Computer/Human Interface
A. I. Zygielbaum
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Deep Space Stations
Helios Spin-Modulation Doppler Effects
N. C. Ham
NASA Code 311-03-42-47
A Proposed Method of Reducing the Gravity Distortions of the
64-Meter Antenna Main Reflector
M. S. Katow
NASA Code 311-03-42-51
Three-Spacecraft Simulation for Viking 1975
M. M. Whang
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
AGC Calibration Accuracy
G. L. Stevens
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Sequential Decoding in the Presence of a Noisy Carrier Reference
J. R. Lesh
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Real-Time High-Rate Telemetry Support of Mariner 10 Operations
J. T. Hatch and J. W. Capps
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
PLANNING AND FACILITIES
TDA Planning
Goldstone DSCC Energy Distribution Model
B. H. Chapman
NASA Code 311-03-31-30
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