National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Optimizing the Antenna Size for the Deep Space Network Array
J. I. Statman, D. S. Bagri, C. S. Yung, S. Weinreb, and B. E. MacNeal
An Overview of the Architecture of an Autonomous Radio
J. Hamkins, M. Simon, S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, and
H. Shirani-Mehr
Data Format Classification for Autonomous Radio Receivers
M. Simon and D. Divsalar
Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio Estimation for Autonomous Receivers
M. Simon and S. Dolinar
Design of Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) Codes for Deep Space Applications
K. Andrews, S. Dolinar, D. Divsalar, and J. Thorpe
Selecting the Golomb Parameter in Rice Coding
A. Kiely
New Empirically Derived Solar Radiation Pressure Model for Global Positioning System Satellites
Y. Bar-Sever and D. Kuang
Gas Frequency Shifts in Microwave Mercury Ion Clocks
S. K. Chung, J. D. Prestage, R. L. Tjoelker, and L. Maleki
A 32-Gigahertz Traveling-Wave Maser Design
J. Shell and R. Clauss
Control and Pointing Challenges of Antennas and (Radio) Telescopes
W. Gawronski
Updating Navigation Software for Ka-Band Observables -- A Progress Report
N. A. Mottinger
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