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
DSIF Operations
Doppler Tracking System Mathematical Model
Numerical Evaluation of the Transient Response for a Third-Order Phase-Locked System
DSIF Operations Support of Mariner Mars 1971
DSIF Mariner Mars 1971 TCP Operational Program
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.
W. G. Stinnett
C. W. Bergman
A. C. Johnson
D. W. Johnston
R. L. Chafin
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