The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-41

July and August 1977


October 15, 1977

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National Aeronautics and
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti

The DSN Programming System
W. D. Hodgson
NASA Code 311-03-41-15

DSN Monitor and Control System, Mark III-77
W. G. Stinnett
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

MISSION SUPPORT

Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects

Viking Extended Mission Support
D. W. H. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-21-70

Results of Pioneer - Venus 1978 Sequential Decoding Tests Over a Simulated Lognormal Fading Channel
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 825-10-21-22

Pioneer Mission Support
T. P. Adamski
NASA Code 311-03-21-90

Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50

SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

Near Sun Ranging
A. I. Zygielbaum
NASA Code 310-10-61-16

Feasibility Study of Far-Field Methods for Calibrating Ground Station Delays: An Interim Report
T. Sato
NASA Code 310-10-61-08

A Technique to Determine Uplink Range Calibration Due to Charged Particles
S. C. Wu and F. B. Winn
NASA Code 310-10-60-50

Communications - Spacecraft/Ground

Doppler Profiles of Radio Frequency Interference
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-66-07

Sampled-Data System Analysis of Antenna Conical-Scan Tracking
R. A. Winkelstein
NASA Code 310-20-67-03

Station Control and Operations Technology

Antenna Pointing Subsystem Drive Tape Generator - Another New Interface
R. F. Emerson
NASA Code 310-30-69-10

Network Control and Data Processing

An MBASICTM User Profile
R. L. Schwartz
NASA Code 310-40-72-05

CRISPFLOW, A Structured Program Design Flowcharter
R. C. Tausworthe and K. C. Landon
NASA Code 310-40-72-05

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

The CTA 21 Radio Science Subsystem - Non-Real-Time Bandwidth Reduction of Wideband Radio Science Data
A. L. Berman and J. I. Molinder
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

Electron Density in the Extended Corona - Two Views
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

S-/X-Band Microwave Optics Design and Analysis for DSN 34 Meter Diameter Antenna
D. L. Nixon and D. A. Bathker
NASA Code 311-03-42-59

Configuration Control and Audit Assembly
A. P. Irvine
NASA Code 311-03-41-17

Microcomputer Central Processing Unit Module
O. B. Parham
NASA Code 311-03-41-05

Fast Algorithms for Computing Mersenne-Prime Number-Theoretic Transforms
I. S. Reed and T. K. Truong
NASA Code 311-03-42-95

Ground Communications

GCF Central Performance Monitor - Functional Description
N. C. S. Lau
NASA Code 311-06-30-00

Deep Space Stations

A Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar-Powered Jet Refrigeration System
F. L. Lansing and V. W. Chai
NASA Code 311-03-44-08

Estimated Displacements for the VLBI Reference Point of the DSS 14 Antenna
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-42-91

PROGRAM PLANNING

TDA Planning

Dynamic Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Systems
C. L. Hamilton
NASA Code 311-03-31-30


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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