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
Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
DSN Radio Science System, Mark III-78
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Viking Extended Mission Support
R. L. Gillette
NASA Code 311-03-22-50
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin, W. N. Jensen, and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standard Computer Model for
Automatic Cavity Tuning Servo Simulations
P. D. Potter and C. Finnie
NASA Code 310-10-62-04
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
A Prototype DSN X-S Band Feed: DSS 13 Application Status
(Second Report)
W. F. Williams
NASA Code 310-20-65-05
An Iterative Algorithm for Decoding Block Codes Transmitted
Over a Memoryless Channel
H. Greenberger
NASA Code 310-20-67-11
Soft Decision Decoding of Block Codes
L. D. Baumert and R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-20-67-11
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
Radio Science Requirements and the End-to-End Ranging System
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Parametric Modeling of Low-Frequency Water-Vapor-Induced
Tropospheric Path Length Fluctuations
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Deep Space Stations
Updated Z-Corrections for 64-m DSS Ground Station Delay
Calibrations
T. Y. Otoshi and K. R. Weld
NASA Code 311-03-43-54
Dual-Frequency Feed Cone Assemblies for 34-Meter Antennas
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-59
Stable Low Noise Voltage Source
G. F. Lutes
NASA Code 311-03-42-34
OPERATIONS
Deep Space Stations
Automated Radio Astronomy Operations
R. W. Livermore
NASA Code 311-03-11-42
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