The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-193

Fabrizio Pollara
Editor in Chief
May 15, 2013

NASA Logo
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Contents

Preface

Dedication

Delta-DOR: The One-Nanoradian Navigation Measurement System of the Deep Space Network — History, Architecture, and Componentry
David W. Curkendall and James S. Border

Performance Characterization of the DSS-28 GAVRT-II Antenna Drive System
Farrokh Baher, Barzia Tehrani, and Wodek Gawronski

Python Ephemeris Module for DSN Radio Astronomy
Thomas B. Kuiper

Wideband Power Amplifier Modeling Incorporating Carrier Frequency Dependent AM/AM and AM/PM Characteristics
Andre Tkacenko

Deep-Space Optical Transceiver Uplink Detection Analysis
Andre Tkacenko, Kevin J. Quirk, and Meera Srinivasan

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. Copyright 2013 California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

Home