The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-39

March and April 1977


June 15, 1977

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National Aeronautics and
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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.


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