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: Design for Megabit Telemetry
E. C. Gatz
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
DSN Tracking System, Mark III-1979
G. L. Spradlin
NASA Code 311-04-31-01
DSN VLBI System MK 1-80
W. D. Chaney and N. C. Ham
NASA Code 311-04-31-01
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
DSN Load Forecasting for Proposed Future NASA Mission Sets
W. A. Webb
NASA Code 311-03-25-00
Viking Orbiter Completion Mission and Viking Lander Monitor Mission
R. L. Gillette
NASA Code 311-03-22-50
RADIO ASTRONOMY
Radio Astronomy
R. M. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-21-00
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
X-Band Uplink Ground Systems Development
R. Hartop, C. Johns, and R. Kolbly
NASA Code 310-10-64-10
VLBI Detection of Crustal Plate Motion Using DSN Antennas as Base Stations
D. D. Morabito, E. S. Claflin, and C. J. Steinberg
NASA Code 310-10-61-10
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
A Bent Pipe Design for Relaying Signals Received by an Orbiting Deep Space Relay Station to a Ground Station
M. A. Koerner
NASA Code 310-20-65-03
Arithmetic Techniques Used in the High-Speed Front End of the Multimegabit Telemetry Modem
E. R. Wechsler
NASA Code 310-20-67-16
Sensitivity of Reflector Backup Structure Weight to Variable Wind Speed Loadings
R. Levy and D. Strain
NASA Code 310-20-65-07
Station Control and Operations Technology
Analysis of a Class of Totally Self-Checking Circuits Implemented in an NMOS Custom LSI Structure
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-70-15
Pulse-Position-Modulation Coding as Near-Optimum Utilization of Photon Counting Channel with Bandwidth and Power Constraints
R. G. Lipes
NASA Code 310-30-70-14
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
Deep Space Network Control Room Noise and Vibration Study
A Fast Algorithm for Encoding the (255, 223) Reed-Solomon Code Over GF (28)
Ground Communications
Maximum CW RFI Power Levels for Linear Operation of the DSN Block IV Receiver at S-Band Frequencies
Deep Space Stations
General Sensitivity Analysis of Solar Thermal-Electric Plants
Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Antenna Pointing Errors on Range Delays (Part II)
OPERATIONS
Network Operations Control Center
Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) Implementation Status Report
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.
J. C. Rayburn
NASA Code 311-03-13-32
R. L. Miller, T. K. Truong, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
D. R. Hersey and M. K. Sue
NASA Code 311-06-50-00
F. L. Lansing, E. W. Hayes, and C. S. Yung
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
E. A. Garcia
NASA Code 311-03-12-00
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