The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-158

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


August 15, 2004

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Adaptive Optics Communications Performance Analysis
M. Srinivasan, V. Vilnrotter, M. Troy, and K. Wilson

Discrete-Time Demodulator Architectures for Free-Space Broadband Optical Pulse-Position Modulation
A. A. Gray and C. Lee

Amplitude Scintillation due to Atmospheric Turbulence for the Deep Space Network Ka-Band Downlink
C. Ho and A. Wheelon

Power Spectrum of Atmospheric Scintillation for the Deep Space Network Goldstone Ka-Band Downlink
C. Ho and A. Wheelon

Design and Performance of a Miniature Radar L-Band Transceiver
D. McWatters, D. Price, and W. Edelstein

Using Trained Pixel Classifiers to Select Images of Interest
D. Mazzoni, K. Wagstaff, and R. Castano

Measurements and Calibration of Tropospheric Delay at Goldstone from the Cassini Media Calibration System
S. J. Keihm, A. Tanner, and H. Rosenberger

Antenna Cluster for Spacecraft High Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) Applications
R. C. Clauss, R. B. Lovick, N. R. Mysoor, and J. Zitzelberger

Antenna Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) Controllers: Properties, Limits of Performance, and Tuning Procedure
W. Gawronski

Errata

Referees


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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