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
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
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