National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Viking Mission Support
D. W. H. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Pioneer Mission Support
T. P. Adamski
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin, E. S. Burke, and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Preliminary Analysis of Viking S-X Doppler Data and
Comparison to Results of Mariner 6, 7, and 9 DRVlD
Measurements of the Solar Wind Turbulence
P.S. Callahan
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
An Asymptotic Analysis of a General Class of Signal
Detection Algorithms
R. J. McEliece and E. R. Rodemich
NASA Code 310-20-67-11
On the Existence of Binary Simplex Codes
H. Taylor
NASA Code 310-20-67-11
Station Control and Operations Technology
Modcomp Version of Tutorial Input
K. I. Moyd
NASA Code 310-30-68-11
Network Control and Data Processing
Discovery and Repair of Software Anomalies
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 310-40-72-05
A Life Cycle Cost Economics Model for Projects With
Uniformly Varying Operating Costs
D. S. Remer
NASA Code 310-40-73-25
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
A New Fast Algorithm for Computing a Complex Number -
Theoretic Transforms
I. S. Reed, K. Y. Liu, and T. K. Truong
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
X-Band Antenna Gain and System Noise Temperature of
64-Meter Deep Space Stations
B. Benjauthrit and B. D. L. Mulhall
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
Modification of Simulation Conversion Assembly for
Support of Voyager Project and Pioneer-Venus 1978 Project
S. H. Yee
NASA Code 311-03-42-49
Range Validation Using Kalman Filter Techniques
G. A. Madrid
NASA Code 311-03-42-61
DSN Radio Science System Description and Requirements
B. D. L. Mulhall
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Ground Communications
Standard High-Reliability Integrated Circuit
Logic Packaging
D. W. Slaughter
NASA Code 311-03-44-22
Deep Space Stations
26-Meter S-X Conversion Project
V. B. Lobb
NASA Code 311-03-42-59
Piping Design Considerations in a Solar-Rankine
Power Plant
F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
Selectable Polarization at X-Band
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
VLBI Validation Project
W. J. Ross
NASA Code 311-03-42-91
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
A Method for Reducing Software Life Cycle Costs
W. O. Paine and J. C. Holland
NASA Code 311-03-44-30
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.