The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-48

September and October 1978


December 15, 1978

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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

DSN Monitor and Control System, Mark III-78
W. G. Stinnett
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

MISSION SUPPORT

Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects

Viking Continuation Mission Support
R. L. Gillette
NASA Code 311-03-22-50

Pioneer Venus Mission Support
A. C. Bouck
NASA Code 311-03-21-90

Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin, W. N. Jensen, and G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-21-50

SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

Convolutional Coding Results for the MVM'73 X-Band Telemetry Experiment
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-10-60-12

Microwave Radiometer Measurement of Water Vapor Path Delay: Data Reduction Techniques
E. S. Claflin, S. C. Wu, and G. M. Resch
NASA Code 310-10-61-12

Communications - Spacecraft/Ground

Low-Noise Receivers: S-Band Parametric Upconverter Development
S. Petty, D. Neff, and D. Norris
NASA Code 310-20-66-09

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

Simultaneous Dual-Frequency, Round-Trip Calibration of Doppler Data With Application to Radio Science Experiments
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

A Solar Wind Turbulence Event During the Voyager 1978 Solar Conjunction Profiled via a New DSN Radio Science Data Capability
A. L. Berman and A. D. Conteas
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

Radial and Solar Cycle Variations in the Solar Wind Phase Fluctuation Spectral Index as Determined From Voyager 1978 Solar Conjunction Data
A. L. Berman and A. D. Conteas
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

A Simplified Algorithm for Correcting Both Errors and Erasures of R-S Codes
I. S. Reed and T. K. Truong
NASA Code 311-03-42-95

Evaluation of the DSN Software Methodology
A. Irvine and M. McKenzie
NASA Code 311-03-41-15

Network Operations Control Center

MBASICTM Batch Processor Architectural Overview
S. M. Reynolds
NASA Code 311-03-41-15

Ground Communications

GCF HSD Error Control
C.-K. Hung
NASA Code 311-06-40-00

Deep Space Stations

Tracking Error of 100-m Antenna due to Wind Gust
M. Massoudi
NASA Code 311-03-42-51

S-Band Maser Phase Delay Stability Tests
J. M. Urech, F. Alcazar, J. Galvez, A. Rius, and C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 311-03-42-95

A Preliminary Model for High-Power Waveguide Arcing and Arc Protection
H. C. Yen
NASA Code 311-03-41-09

New X-Band Microwave Equipment at the DSN 64-Meter Stations
R. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-55

DSN Water Vapor Radiometer Development - Recent Work, 1978
P. D. Batelaan and S. D. Slobin
NASA Code 311-03-42-32


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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