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 Telemetry System Mark III-77
E. C. Gatz
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
DSN Command System Mark III-78
H. C. Thorman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
DSN Ground Communications Facility
R. H. Evans
NASA Code 311-06-40-00
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Voyager Support
J. Allen and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20
Pioneer Venus 1978 Mission Support: DLBI Wind Measurement
Experiment End-to-End System Test Phase
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
Helios Mission Support
W. N. Jensen and J. C. Nash
NASA Code 411-06-50-00
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
Definition of Antenna Microwave Time Delay for VLBI
Clock Synchronization
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-10-01-05
Comparison of Phase Modulation Systems
J. L. Massey
NASA Code 310-10-60-10
Submicrosecond Comparison of Intercontinental Clock
Synchronization by VLBI and the NTS Satellite
W. J. Hurd, S. C. Wardrip, J. Bussion, J. Oaks, T. McCaskill,
H. Warren, and G. Whitworth
NASA Code 310-10-62-28
Station Control and Operations Technology
Coding for Optical Channels
L. D. Baumert, R. J. McEliece, and H. Rumsey, Jr.
NASA Code 310-30-70-14
Network Control and Data Processing
Initial Economic and Operations Data Base for DSS 13
Automation Test
D. S. Remer and G. Lorden
NASA Code 310-40-73-05
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
LS47: A DSN Station Location Set Compatible With JPL
Development Ephemeris DE108
J. Ellis
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
Radio Frequency Carrier Arraying for Near Maximum Carrier
Signal-to-Noise Ratio Improvement
M. H. Brockman
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
Deep Space Stations
The Updated Algorithm of the Energy Consumption Program
(ECP) - A Computer Model Simulating Heating and Cooling Energy Loads in Buildings
F. L. Lansing, D. M. Strain, V. W. Chai, and S. Higgins
NASA Code 311-03-40-08
A Two-Dimensional Thermal Analysis of a New High-Performance
Tubular Solar Collector
F. L. Lansing and C. S. Yung
NASA Code 311-03-40-08
Automatic Filament Warm-Up Controller
J. McCluskey and J. Daeges
NASA Code 311-03-41-09
DSN Water Vapor Radiometer - Tropospheric Range
Delay Calibration
S. D. Slobin and P. D. Batelaan
NASA Code 311-03-42-32
FTS Maintenance and Calibration at DSS 42/43
P. R. Dachel and J. Wells
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
OPERATIONS
Deep Space Stations
A Maximum Likelihood Convolutional Decoder Model vs
Experimental Data Comparison
R. Y. Chen
NASA Code 311-03-14-20
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.