Technical Report 32-1526, Volume IX

The Deep Space Network Progress Report

For March and April 1972


June 15, 1972

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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 Monitor Performance Program
J. E. Allen
NASA Code 311-03-13-20

DSN Monitor and DSN Operations Control System Testing
J. E. Maclay
NASA Code 311-03-42-91

DSN Command System Tests
R. R. Rakunas and A. Schulze
NASA Code 311-03-42-91

MISSION SUPPORT

Interplanetary Flight Projects

Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
NASA Code 311-03-21-03

Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin
NASA Code 311-03-21-50

Planetary Flight Projects

Mariner Mars 1971 Mission Support
G. P. Textor
NASA Code 311-03-21-40

ADVANCED ENGINEERING

Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis

Navigation Demonstrations With the Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 Spacecraft Requiring X-Band Receiving Capability at a Second DSN Station
B. D. Mulhall
NASA Code 150-22-12-60

Communications Systems Research

Computer Display and Entry Panel
S.S. Brokl
NASA Code 150-22-15-14

A Note on the Griesmer Bound
L. D. Baumert and R. J. McEliece
NASA Codes 150-22-12-17 and 115-21-20-01

A Communications Strategy for Channels With Unknown Capacity
S. Butman
NASA Codes 150-22-15-29 and 115-21-21-02

Hiding and Covering in a Compact Metric Space
R. J. McEliece and E. C. Posner
NASA Codes 150-22-12-17 and 115-21-20-01

New Hardware Realizations of Non-Recursive Digital Filters
S. Zohar
NASA Code 150-22-15-14

A Note on Kerdock Codes
J. Mykkeltveit
NASA Code 150-22-12-17

An Inventory Policy for the Deep Space Network
I. Eisenberger, G. Lorden, and F. Maiocco
NASA Code 150-22-12-19

Performance of an Optimum Buffer Management Strategy for Sequential Decoding
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 150-22-12-04

Variable Length Short Constraint-Length Convolutional Codes: A Comparison of Maximum Likelihood and Sequential Decoding
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 150-22-12-04

The Development of a Dual-ln-Line Package Microcircuit Card and Card Cage Assembly
P. D. Herrin
NASA Code 150-22-15-16

Predetection Recording and Dropouts
A. Slekys
NASA Code 150-22-15-14

Wide Range, Essentially Linear Control Circuit for Control of the Reference Frequency in Digital Phase-Locked Loops
T. O. Anderson
NASA Code 150-22-15-14

Efficient Implementation of a Multichannel High-Speed Correlator
T. O. Anderson
NASA Code 150-22-15-14

Communications Elements Research

Low Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. C. Clauss and R. B. Quinn
NASA Code 150-22-14-25

Radio Source Calibration Program (RASCAL) - Phase 1: Antenna Gain Calibration
P. D. Batelaan
NASA Code 150-22-14-10

S- and X-Band RF Feed System
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 150-22-13-12

Supporting Research and Technology

DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson and R. B. Kolbly
NASA Code 150-22-12-05

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

SFOF Development

Photon Noise Generation of Cathode-Ray Tube Display Systems
J. J. Volkoff
NASA Code 150-22-16-80

Mariner Mars 1971/Pioneer 10 Multi-Mission Level Modeling Runs Using the SFOF Mark IIIa Central Processing System Model
H. S. Simon
NASA Code 311-03-42-68

GCF Development

Madrid-to-JPL 50-kbit/s Wideband Error Statistics
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 311-06-40-00

DSIF Development

Prototype S- and X-Band Feed System Hardware
M. S. Katow and H. R. Hoggan
NASA Code 312-03-31-46

Firmware Control of Block IV Ranging Demodulator Assembly
R. C. Coffin
NASA Code 312-03-31-46

10-W S-Band Amplifier
R. H. Smith
NASA Code 312-03-12-02

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES

DSN Operations

Effects of the Pioneer 10 Antenna Polarization and Spacecraft Rotation as Seen in the Radio Metric Data
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-13-20

DSIF Operations

Carrier Power Estimation Accuracy
J. Lesh
NASA Code 311-03-14-52

Facility Engineering

Overseas 64-m-Diameter Antenna Power Configuration
J. Dorman
NASA Code 311-03-42-45

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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