The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-22

May and June 1974


August 15, 1974

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti

MISSION SUPPORT

Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects

Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70

Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20

Helios Mission Support
P.S. Goodwin
NASA Code 311-03-21-50

SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

The Measurement of Dispersive Effects Using the Mariner 10 S- and X-Band Spacecraft to Station Link
G. A. Madrid
NASA Code 310-10-60-52

DSN-MVM'73 S/X Dual-Frequency Doppler Demonstration
F. B. Winn, K. W. Yip, and S. J. Reinbold
NASA Code 310-10-60-62

Dual-Spacecraft Radio Metric Tracking
R. A. Preston
NASA Code 310-10-60-51

An Evaluation of QVLBI OD Analysis of Pioneer 10 Encounter Data in the Presence of Unmodeled Satellite Accelerations
B. D. O'Reilly and C. C. Chao
NASA Code 310-10-60-50

Communications - Spacecraft/Ground

The Ultimate Limits of Binary Coding for a Wideband Gaussian Channel
S. A. Butman and R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-20-67-08

S/X Experiment: DSS 14 Pre- and Post-Track Ranging Calibrations for Mariner 10 Tracking Passes and Associated Problems
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-20-66-06

S/X Experiment: DSS 14 S/X Ground System Ranging Tests
T. Y. Otoshi and P. D. Batelaan
NASA Code 310-20-66-06

A Dual Hybrid Mode Feedhorn for DSN Antenna Performance Enhancement
R. F. Thomas and D. A. Bathker
NASA Code 310-20-65-03

Station Control and Operations Technology

DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 310-30-69-02

Network Control and Data Processing

Forward Error Correction for the Ground Communications Facility?
O. H. Adeyemi and R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-40-70-02

Observations on Microprocessors and Computing Efficiency
C. C. Klimasauskas and J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-40-72-02

Simulation Study of a GCF Retransmission Scheme
L. R. Welch
NASA Code 310-40-70-02

GCF Wideband Switch Subassembly - Application Techniques
E. F. Bird
NASA Code 310-40-74-03

Control-Restrictive Instructions for Structured Programming (CRISP)
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 310-40-72-05

NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network Control System

NCS Minicomputer Systems Status Report
R. G. Petrie
NASA Code 311-03-32-40

Network Control System Block I and Block II Software
S. E. Friesema
NASA Code 311-03-32-40

Deep Space Stations

Faraday Rotation Experiment
A. L. Price
NASA Code 311-03-14-64

Waveguide Inspection Techniques
J. R. Loreman
NASA Code 311-03-14-21

Telemetry and Command Multiple-Mission Software (Model C)
V. D. Jones
NASA Code 311-03-42-53

An Interrupt Timing Simulation
V. D. Jones and R. L. Schwartz
NASA Code 311-03-42-53

OPERATIONS

Network Operations

S-Band/X-Band Doppler Two-Way Nonlinear Jitter Analysis Using Simplified Series-Expansion Techniques
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-52

A Re-Examination of the AGC Calibration Procedure
G. L. Stevens
NASA Code 311-03-14-52

Tracking Operations During the Mariner 10 Mercury Encounter
A. L. Berman and G. L. Spradlin
NASA Code 311-03-12-40

Bibliography


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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