National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Mountain-Top-to-Mountain-Top Optical Link Demonstration: Part I
A. Biswas and M. W. Wright
Constrained Coding for the Deep-Space Optical Channel
B. Moision and J. Hamkins
Data Fusion Algorithms for Collaborative Robotic Exploration
J. Thorpe and R. McEliece
Mars Background Noise Temperatures Received by Spacecraft Antennas
C. Ho, S. Slobin, M. Sue, and E. Njoku
Design and Development of an Inflatable Reflectarray Antenna
H. Fang, M. Lou, J. Huang, L.-M. Hsia, and G. Kerdanyan
New Approaches for Solving the Diagnosis Problem
A. Fijany, F. Vatan, A. Barrett, and R. Mackey
Embedding a Water Vapor Radiometer in a Deep Space Network Ka-Band Beam-Waveguide Receiver: A Feasibility and Performance Evaluation
A. B. Tanner and J. E. Fernandez
Three Models of Wind-Gust Disturbances for the Analysis of Antenna Pointing Accuracy
W. Gawronski
Achieving Future Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry Gigabits-per-Second Data Rates
J. C. Springett
Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry Ground-Station Segmented Architecture
J. C. Springett
Increasing Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry Sensitivity Through Higher Data Rates
J. C. Springett
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