The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-123

July-September 1995

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor-in-Chief


November 15, 1995


National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Note From the Editor

Preface

List of Changes

OSC TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

Sensitivity of Planetary Cruise Navigation to Earth Orientation Calibration Errors
J. A. Estefan and W. M. Folkner
NASA Code 312-30-11-60-02

Wind Gust Models Derived From Field Data
W. Gawronski
NASA Code 314-30-11-00-12

A New Model for Yaw Attitude of Global Positioning System Satellites
Y. E. Bar-Sever
NASA Code 314-30-11-50-02

A Light-Induced Microwave Oscillator
X. S. Yao and L. Maleki
NASA Code 314-30-11-40-04

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Optimum Detection of Tones Transmitted by a Spacecraft
M. K. Simon, M. M. Shihabi, and T. Moon
NASA Code 314-30-11-30-02

On the Design of Turbo Codes
D. Divsalar and F. Pollara
NASA Code 315-91-20-20-53

The Trellis Complexity of Convolutional Codes
R. J. McEliece and W. Lin
NASA Code 315-91-20-20-53

System Noise Temperature Investigation of the DSN S-Band Polarization Diverse Systems for the Galileo S-Band Contingency Mission
J. E. Fernandez and D. L. Trowbridge
NASA Code 314-30-61-02-14


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.