The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-104

October-December 1990

E. C. Posner
Editor


February 15, 1991

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

OSO TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

Demonstration of Precise Estimation of Polar Motion Parameters With the Global Positioning System: Initial Results
S. M. Lichten
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-04

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Analysis of a Thick Dichroic Plate With Rectangular Holes at Arbitrary Angles of Incidence
J. C. Chen
NASA Code 310-20-64-89-01

An Analysis of the Least-Squares Problem for the DSN Systematic Pointing Error Model
L. S. Alvarez
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00

Predictive Control and Estimation Algorithms for the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antennas
W. Gawronski
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00

Initial Studies of Array Feeds for the 70-Meter Antenna at 32 GHz
P. W. Cramer
NASA Code 310-20-65-89-01

Steady-State Phase Error for a Phase-Locked Loop Subjected to Periodic Doppler Inputs
C.-C. Chen and M. Z. Win
NASA Code 310-20-67-59-00

Maximum-Entropy Probability Distributions Under Lp-Norm Constraints
S. Dolinar
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Compressed/Reconstructed Test Images for CRAF/Cassini
S. Dolinar, K.-M. Cheung, I. Onyszchuk, F. Pollara, and S. Arnold
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Emerging Standards for Still Image Compression: A Software Implementation and Simulation Study
F. Pollara and S. Arnold
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Algebraic Geometric Codes
M. Shahshahani
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

Overview of Arraying Techniques in the Deep Space Network
A. Mileant and S. Hinedi
NASA Code 310-30-70-56-01

The Advanced Receiver II: Telemetry Test Results in CTA 21
S. Hinedi, R. Bevan, and M. Marina
NASA Code 310-30-71-84-02

DSN Systems Implementation
SUSTAINING ENGINEERING

On Estimating the Phase of a Periodic Waveform In Additive Gaussian Noise - Part III
L. L. Rauch
NASA Code 314-40-31-10-83

CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS

Digital Test Signal Generation: An Accurate SNR Calibration Approach for the DSN
B. O. Gutierrez-Luaces
NASA Code 314-40-41-11-06

A Comparison of Manchester Symbol Tracking Loops for Block V Applications
J. K. Holmes
NASA Code 314-40-42-01-39

Open-Loop Frequency Acquisition for Suppressed-Carrier Biphase Signals Using One-Pole Arm Filters
B. Shah and J. K. Holmes
NASA Code 314-40-42-01-39

Frame Synchronization for the Galileo Code
S. Arnold and L. Swanson
NASA Code 314-30-51-01-15

Planetary Ephemerides Approximation for Radar Astronomy
R. Sadr and M. Shahshahani
NASA Code 314-30-63-31-02

DSN Operations
Flight-Ground Advanced Engineering

New Space Research Frequency Band Proposals In the 20- to 40.5-GHz Range
D. F. Bishop
NASA Code BG315-20-50-00-01

Design Concepts and Performance of NASA X-Band (7162-MHz/8415-MHz) Transponder for Deep-Space Spacecraft Applications
N. R. Mysoor, J. D. Perret, and A. W. Kermode
NASA Code 314-30-55-30-01

Author Index,1990


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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