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
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