Technical Report 32-1526, Volume IV

The Deep Space Network Progress Report

For May and June 1971


August 15, 1971

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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

DSN Telemetry System
E. S. Burke and C. W. Harris

DSN Monitor System
J. E. Maclay

MISSION SUPPORT

Interplanetary Flight Projects

Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth

Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin

Planetary Flight Projects

Mariner Mars 1971 Mission Support
R. P. Laeser

Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway

Radio Science Experiments

Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes

ADVANCED ENGINEERING

Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis

Application of Differenced Tracking Data Types to the Zero Declination and Process Noise Problems
K. H. Rourke and V. J. Ondrasik

An Analytical Study of the Advantages Which Differenced Tracking Data May Offer for Ameliorating the Effects of Unknown Spacecraft Accelerations
V. J. Ondrasik and K. H. Rourke

An Examination of the Effects of Station Longitude Errors on Doppler Plus Range and Doppler Only Orbit Determination Solutions With an Emphasis on a Viking Mission Trajectory
V. J. Ondrasik and N. A. Mottinger

Communications Systems Research

Digital Period Detector Oscilloscope Trigger
W. A. Lushbaugh

Generation of the Ford Sequence of Length 2n, n Large
H. Fredricksen

Weights in the Third-Order Reed-Muller Codes
H. van Tilborg

Detection of Failure Rate Increases
G. Lorden and I. Eisenberger

On the Blizard Decoding Algorithm
L. R. Welch

Communications Elements Research

Improved RF Calibration Techniques: System Operating Noise Temperature Calibrations
M. S. Reid

Supporting Research and Technology

DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson

S-Band Planetary Radar Receiver Development
C. F. Foster

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

SFOF Development

SFOF Digital Television Display Subassembly
F. L. Singleton

SFOF Digital Television Hardcopy Equipment
F. L. Singleton and K. Kawano

Mark IIIA Simulation Center Diagnostic Software
C. F. Leahey

GCF Development

GCF High-Speed Data System Design and Implementation for 1971-1972
R. H. Evans

GCF DSS Communications Equipment Subsystem High-Speed Data Assembly
E. L. Yinger

GCF SFOF Communications Terminal Subsystem High-Speed Data Assembly
G. J. Brunder

GCF Area Communications Terminal Subsystem High-Speed Data Regeneration Assembly
C. R. Rothrock

High-Speed Data System Performance and Error Statistics at 4800 bps
D. Nightingale

DSIF Development

Multiple-Mission Telemetry
W. Frey, R. Petrie, A. Lai, and R. Greenberg

Multiple-Mission Command System
J. Wilcher and J. Woo

Computer-Controllable Phase Shifter
R. C. Coffin

Data Decoder Assembly
C. R. Grauling

Addendum

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES

DSN Operations

Operation of the DSN Command System From the Space Flight Operations Facility
W. G. Stinnett

DSIF Operations

Doppler Tracking System Mathematical Model
C. W. Bergman

Numerical Evaluation of the Transient Response for a Third-Order Phase-Locked System
A. C. Johnson

DSIF Operations Support of Mariner Mars 1971
D. W. Johnston

DSIF Mariner Mars 1971 TCP Operational Program
R. L. Chafin

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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