The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-54

September and October 1979


December 15, 1979

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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-80
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

MISSION SUPPORT

Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects

Voyager Mission Support
N. Fanelli and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20

Pioneer 11 Saturn Encounter Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-22-60

SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

Communications - Spacecraft/Ground

Stability of the Multimegabit Telemetry Carrier Loop
D. W. Brown
NASA Code 310-20-67-21

An Examination of Ancillary Equipment for a Proposed 34.3 GHz High Power Gyrotron TWT Amplifier
A. Kupiszewski
NASA Code 310-20-64-10

Evaluation of the VA-876P Klystron for the 20-kW X-Band Uplink Transmitter
R. B. Kolbly
NASA Code 310-20-64-10

Station Control and Operations Technology

A Computer-Aided Design System for Custom Large-Scale Integrated Circuits
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-70-15

A Study of the Influence of Oil Saturation on the 64-Meter Antenna Hydrostatic Bearing Grout
H. P. Phillips, A. A. Riewe, M. Polivka, and P. K. Mehta
NASA Code 310-30-86-06

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

Voyager 1979: Update to the Radial and Solar Cycle Variations in the Solar Wind Phase Fluctuation Spectral Index
A. L. Berman and A. D. Conteas
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

An Efficient Program for Decoding the (255,223) Reed-Solomon Code Over GF(28) With Both Errors and Erasures, Using Transform Decoding
R. L. Miller, T. K. Truong, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

Deep Space Stations

The Microprocessor-Based Synthesizer Controller
H. Donnelly, M. R. Wick, R. W. Weller, G. B. Schaaf, B. Barber, and M. A. Stern
NASA Code 311-03-41-04

Damping of Temperature Fluctuations Using Porous Matrices
F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-41-08


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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