The Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report 42-140

October-December 1999

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


February 15, 2000

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Telecommunications Analysis for "Faster, Better, Cheaper" Deep Space Flight Planning and Operations: The Deep Space 1 (DS1) Experience
K.-M. Cheung, A. Makovsky, and J. Taylor

A Multimission Deep-Space Telecommunications Analysis Tool: The Telecom Forecaster Predictor
K. K. Tong and R. H. Tung

Analysis and Optimization of the Performance of a Convolutionally Encoded Deep-Space Link in the Presence of Spacecraft Oscillator Phase Noise
S. Shambayati

Mutual Interference of Ranging and Telemetry
P. W. Kinman, M. K. Sue, T. K. Peng, and J. F. Weese

A Comparison of the Performances of Coherent Binary-Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK) and Offset Quadrature-Phase-Shift Keying (OQPSK) in the Presence of Interference
M. K. Simon and S. Darden

Computational Methods and Theoretical Results for the Ka-Band Array Feed Compensation System-Deformable Flat Plate Experiment at DSS 14
W. A. Imbriale and D. J. Hoppe

Noise Temperature of a Lossy Flat-Plate Reflector for the Elliptically Polarized Wave Case
T. Y. Otoshi and C. Yeh

Noise Temperature and Gain Loss due to Paints and Primers on DSN Antenna Reflector Surfaces
T. Y. Otoshi, Y. Rahmat-Samii, R. Cirillo, Jr., and J. Sosnowski

Linear Quadratic Gaussian Controller Design Using a Graphical User Interface: Application to the Beam-Waveguide Antennas
E. Maneri and W. Gawronski

Author Index, 1999


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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