National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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
Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Summary Report on the Deep Space Network/Viking Flight Project Telecommunications Compatibility
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-22-10
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
S/X-Band Experiment: A Study of the Effects of Multipath on
Group Delay
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Pioneer Venus 1978: Telemetry Performance Predicts
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Convolutional Codes for M-ary Orthogonal and Simplex Channels
R. F. Lyon
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Station Control and Operations Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson and A. L. Price
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Automatic Microwave Configuration
J. G. Leflang
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
Network Control and Data Processing
FORTRAN Implementation of Tutorial Input
K. Moyd
NASA Code 310-40-70-04
Portability of the MBASIC Machine-Independent Design
M. C. Riggins
NASA Code 310-40-75-05
4800-bps High-Speed Data Error Statistics
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 310-40-60-03
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Deep Space Stations
Modifying an HA/Dec Coordinate Antenna Pointing System to
Process Data From an X/Y-Mounted Antenna
W. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
Viking 1975 Analog Recording
G. B. Hamilton
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
Evaluation of a Flutter Compensator for DSN Predetection
Recording
J. R. McAllaster
NASA Code 311-03-42-50
Continuous Spectrum Planetary Ranging Operational Software
G. R. Osborn
NASA Code 311-03-42-52
Resolution of an Inconsistency in Deep Space Station Longitude Solutions
K. H. Rourke and N. A. Mottinger
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
A New Angular Tropospheric Refraction Model
A. L. Berman and S. T. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Support of the Mariner 10 Television Enhancement Experiment
J. E. Allen
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
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