Technical Report 32-1526, Volume III

The Deep Space Network Progress Report

For March and April 1971


June 15, 1971

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti

DSN Multiple-Mission Command System
R. R. Rakunas and A. Schulze

MISSION SUPPORT

Interplanetary Flight Projects

Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth

Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin

Planetary Flight Projects

Mariner Mars 1971 Mission Support
R. P. Laeser

Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway

Radio Science Experiments

Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes, T. Sato, and D. Spitzmesser

ADVANCED ENGINEERING

Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis

Tracking System Analytic Calibration Support for the Mariner Mars 1971 Mission
G. A. Madrid

An Additional Effect of Tropospheric Refraction on the Radio Tracking of Near-Earth Spacecraft at Low Elevation Angles
C. C. Chao and T. D. Moyer

Analysis of the DRVID and Dual Frequency Tracking Methods in the Presence of a Time-Varying Interplanetary Plasma
O. H. von Roos

A First-Order Theory for Use in Investigating the Information Content Contained in a Few Days of Radio Tracking Data
V. J. Ondrasik and D. W. Curkendall

Communications Systems Research

Estimating the Parameters of the Distribution of a Mixture of Two Poisson Populations
I. Eisenberger

Stability Comparison of Three Frequency Synthesizers
R. Meyer

The Problem of Synchronization of Noisy Video
R. J. McEliece

Level Sets of Real Functions on the Unit Square
D. Johnson and E. Rodemich

A Wideband Digital Pseudo-Gaussian Noise Generator
W. J. Hurd

Matched Filters for Binary Signals: A Correction and Elaboration
S. Zohar

Communications Elements Research

Noise Diode Evaluation
K. B. Wallace

Analysis of the Boresight Error Calibration Procedure for Compact Rotary Vane Attenuators
T. Y. Otoshi

Supporting Research and Technology

Switched Carrier Experiments
R. B. Kolbly

A New High-Voltage Crowbar
E. J. Finnegan

S-Band Demodulator
C. F. Foster

DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson

Description of a Telemetry Procedural Language
R. I. Scibor-Marchocki

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

SFOF Development

Diagnostics for the SFOF Mark IIIA Central Processing System: Real-Time Background Routines
C. Zandell

SFOF Mark IIIA User Terminal and Display Subsystem Design
K. Kawano

SFOF Digital Television Computer Subassembly
G. E. Leach

Mariner Mars 1971 Launch Phase Study Using the SFOF Mark IIIA Central Processing System Model, and Erratum
H. S. Simon

GCF Development

GCF Television Assembly Design for the Systems Development Laboratory
E. F. Bird

Ground Communications Facility System Tests
D. Nightingale and J. P. McClure

DSIF Development

Development of the Heat Exchanger for the 64-m Antenna Hydrostatic Bearing
H. Phillips

MSFN/DSN Integration Program for the DSS 11 26-m Antenna Prototype Station
R. Weber

Implementation of an S-Band Microwave Link for Spacecraft Compatibility Testing
R. Sniffin

Digital Step Attenuator
E. C. Oakley

DSN Projects and Systems Development

Rotating Antenna Tests at DSS 12
C. E. Weir

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES

DSN Operations

Radiometric Data Accountability, Validation, and Selection in Real-Time
R. B. Miller

DSN Monitor Analysis System
J. E. Allen

SFOF Operations

Operational Capabilities of the SFOF Mark IIIA User Terminal and Display Subsystem
J. A. Turner

Software for the DSN Video Subsystem
J. H. Weidner

Facility Engineering

26-m Antenna HA-dec Counter Torque Modifications
F. Menninger

Bibliography


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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