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
Network Control System
J. R. Hall
MISSION SUPPORT
Interplanetary Flight Projects
Pioneers 6-9 Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
Planetary Flight Projects
Pioneers 10 and G Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Advanced Flight Projects
Pioneer Venus Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
RADIO SCIENCE
Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Comparison of Cowell's Method and a Variation-of-Parameters
Method for the Computation of Precision Satellite Orbits: Phase Three Results
S. S. Dallas and E. A. Rinderle
NASA Code 311-03-34-10
Use of Doppler Determinations of Polar Motion Using Artificial Satellites to Support JPL Planetary Missions
H. F. Fliegel
NASA Code 150-22-12-61
An Evaluation of Charged Particle Calibration by a Two-Way
Dual-Frequency Technique and Alternatives to This Technique
O. H. von Roos and B. D. Mulhall
NASA Code 150-22-12-62
Derivation of a General Expression for Ionospheric Range
Corrections Valid for Arbitrary Solar Zenith Angles, Azimuths, Elevation Angles and Station Locations
O. H. von Roos and K. W. Yip
NASA Code 310-10-60-52
Topics in the Implementation and Application of Two-Station
Tracking Data Types
K. H. Rourke and V. J. Ondrasik
NASA Code 150-22-60-10
Low Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. Clauss, E. Wiebe, and R. Quinn
NASA Code 310-20-66-01
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
Decoding the Golay Code
E. R. Berlekamp
NASA Code 150-22-70-40
Weights Modulo 8 in Binary Cyclic Codes
R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 150-22-70-40
Reducing the Complexity of Calculating Syndromes for Error-Correcting Codes
L. H. Harper and J. E. Savage
NASA Code 150-22-70-40
Efficient Generation of Statistically Good Pseudonoise by
Linearly Interconnected Shift Registers
W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 150-22-72-40
NASTRAN Data Generation and Management Using Interactive Graphics
M. S. Katow and B. M. Cooper
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Preliminary Analysis of the Microwave Weather Project Data for CY 1971
M. S. Reid and R. W. D. Booth
NASA Code 150-22-66-20
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network Control System
High-Reliability Microcircuit Procurement in the DSN
E. F. Zundel
NASA Code 312-03-14-21
Ground Communications
Ground Communications Facility Functional Design
for 1973-1974
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 311-06-40-00
Deep Space Stations
DSN Research and Technology Support
R. M. Gosline
NASA Code 150-22-12-05
Coaxial Switch Evaluation
H. G. Nishimura
NASA Code 150-22-61-10
Wideband Distribution Amplifier for Coherent Reference Generator
C. F. Foster
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Dual Carrier Preparations for Viking
D. A. Bathker and D. W. Brown
NASA Code 311-03-42-47
Salvaging an Expensive Shaft by Brush Electroplating
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-42-45
Performance of the 64-meter-diameter Antenna Servo
P. Lipsius
NASA Code 311-03-42-45
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
Network Operations
Network Operations Control
R. J. Amorose
NASA Code 311-03-13-1111
Ground Communications
High-Speed Data Communication: A Description of Software Techniques
R. W. Livermore
NASA Code 311-03
Deep Space Stations
Accuracy of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio Estimator: A Comment
on the Derivation of the Estimator Mean
J. R. Lesh
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
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.