The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report 42-133

January-March 1998

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor-in-Chief


May 15, 1998

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National Aeronautics and
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Note From the Editor

Preface

Deep Space Network Support for the Galileo Mission to Jupiter: Jupiter Orbital Operations From Post-Jupiter Orbit Insertion Through the End of the Prime Mission
P. E. Beyer, B. G. Yetter, R. G. Torres, and D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 314-40-23-37-01

The JPL Extragalactic Radio Reference Frame: Astrometric Results of 1978-96 Deep Space Network VLBI
C. S. Jacobs, O. J. Sovers, C. J. Naudet, R. F. Coker, and R. P. Branson
NASA Code 314-30-59-03-02

Designing Optimal Bandwidth Synthesis Arrays for VLBI
P. W. Gorham
NASA Code 314-30-59-03-02

Determination of the Tropospheric Fluctuation Coefficients in VLBI Parameter Estimates
G. Lanyi
NASA Code 314-30-59-03-02

Concepts for Automated, Precise Low Earth Orbiter Navigation With the Global Positioning System
S. M. Lichten, C. L. Thornton, L. E. Young, and T. P. Yunck
NASA Code 314-30-11-50-07

The Power Spectrum of Pulse-Position Modulation With Dead Time and Pulse Jitter
V. A. Vilnrotter, M. K. Simon, and T.-Y. Yan
NASA Code 314-30-12-00-03

Performance of the Optimum Receiver for Pulse-Position Modulation Signals With Avalanche Photodiode Statistics
M. Srinivasan and V. Vilnrotter
NASA Code 314-30-12-00-03

Analysis of Radio Frequency Interference to the Deep Space Network From a Constellation of Low Earth Orbit Satellites
H. Kuo
NASA Code 315-90-31-00-06

Carrier Synchronization of Offset Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
M. K. Simon
NASA Code 315-90-41-13-04

Code Performance as a Function of Block Size
S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, and F. Pollara
NASA Code 315-91-20-20-53

Summary of Goldstone Orbital Debris Observations: October 1996 to May 1997
R. M. Goldstein
NASA Code 906-34-01-01-01


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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