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
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
DSN Tracking System: Operation With the Mutual Stations
W. D. Chaney and H. E. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-42-91
MISSION SUPPORT
Interplanetary Flight Projects
Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
Helios Mission Support
P.S. Goodwin
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
Planetary Flight Projects
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
RADIO SCIENCE
Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
ADVANCED ENGINEERING
Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis
An Analysis of Long Baseline Radio Interferometry, Part II
J. B. Thomas
NASA Code 150-22-12-60
The Translation of the Tropospheric Zenith Range Effect From a Radiosonde Balloon Site to a Tracking Station
K. L. Thuleen and V. J. Ondrasik
NASA Code 311-03-42-77
On Modeling Continuous Accelerations as Piecewise Constant Functions
R. K. Russell and D. W. Curkendall
NASA Code 150-22-12-64
Communications Elements Research
S- and X-Band Feed System
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 311-03-42-46
Improved RF Calibration Techniques: System Operating Noise Temperature Calibrations
M. S. Reid
NASA Code 150-22-13-05
Supporting Research and Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 150-22-12-05
Antenna Drive System Performance Evaluation Using PN Codes
R. M. Gosline, E. B. Jackson, and J. C. Campbell
NASA Code 150-22-12-05
SOFTWARE: A General-Purpose External Function for PDP-11 BASIC
E. C. Oakley
NASA Code 150-22-14-04
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
DSIF Development
Manufacturing Engineering of Surface Panels for the 64-m Antennas
J. Justiss, W. Kissane, and M. S. Katow
NASA Code 312-03-31-45
100-kW X-Band Transmitter for FTS
J. R. Paluka
NASA Code 312-03-31-37
DSN Projects and Systems Development
Third-Order Phase-Locked Loop Perspectives
D. W. Brown
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
DSN Programmed Oscillator Development
M. R. Wick
NASA Code 312-03-31-46
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
DSN Operations
Integration of the DSN Sequence of Events Generator
C. L. Morgan
NASA Code 311-03-13-12
DSIF Operations
DSN Frequency and Time Scale Change From UTC to IAT or New UTC
J. Curtright
NASA Code 312-03-11-00
Angle Tracking Analysis and Test Development for the Integrated Stations
G. D. Barnes
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
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