National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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 Command System Mark III-74
W. G. Stinnett
NASA Code 311-03-42-94
MISSION SUPPORT
Planetary Flight Projects
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway and D. W. Johnston
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
Summary Report on the Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 Spacecraft/Deep Space Network Test Program
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-22-10
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
The Mariner Quasar Experiment: Part I
M. A. Slade, P. F. MacDoran, I. I. Shapiro, D. J. Spitzmesser, J. Gubbay,
A. Legg, D. S. Robertson, and L. Skjerve
NASA Code 310-10-60-56
Radio Interferometry Measurements of a 16-km Baseline With 4-cm Precision
J. B. Thomas, J. L. Fanselow, P. F. MacDoran, D. J. Spitzmesser,
and L. Skjerve
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
Improved Dichroic Reflector Design for the 64-m Antenna S- and X-Band Feed Systems
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 310-10-61-04
Range Measurements to Pioneer 10 Using the Digitally Controlled Oscillator
A. S. Liu
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
S/X Open-Loop Receiver
H. G. Nishimura
NASA Code 310-10-64-03
X-Band Radar System
R. L. Leu
NASA Code 310-10-64-01
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
An Algorithm for the Computation of Linear Forms
J. E. Savage
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Radio Metric Applications of the New Broadband Square Law Detector
R. A. Gardner, C. T. Stelzried, and M. S. Reid
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Low-Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. Clauss and E. Wiebe
NASA Code 310-20-66-01
System Noise Temperature Calibrations of the Research and Development Systems at DSS 14
M. S. Reid and R. A. Gardner
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
The Design and Performance of a Programmed Controller
O. B. Parham
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Radio Frequency Performance of DSS 14 64-m Antenna at 3.56- and 1.96-cm Wavelengths
A. J. Freiley
NASA Code 310-20-65-03
Optimal Station Location for Two-Station Tracking
E. R. Rodemich
NASA Code 310-20-78-08
Station Control and Operations Technology
Bandwidth Selection for Block Vl SDA
R. B. Crow
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
Frame Synchronization Performance Analysis for MVM'73 Uncoded Telemetry Modes
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-30-69-01
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Design of a High-Speed Reference Selector Switch Module for the Coherent Reference Generator Assembly
T. K. Tucker
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
Network Control and Data Processing
A Scaled-Time Telemetry Test Capability for Sequential Decoding
S. Butman, J. Layland, J. MacConnell, R. Chernoff, N. Ham, and J. Wilcher
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network Control System
NCS Standard Computer Interface Hardware, Its Timing and Timing Control Logic
T. O. Anderson
NASA Code 311-03-41-11
Ground Communications
High-Speed Data Outage Distribution
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 311-06-04-00
Deep Space Stations
Planetary Ranging
R. W. Tappan
NASA Code 311-03-42-52
Adjustable Tuner for S-Band High-Power Waveguide
J. R. Loreman
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
X-Band Antenna Feed Cone Assembly
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Variable S-Band High-Power Tuner
H. R. Buchanan
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
A No-Load RF Calorimeter
R. C. Chernoff
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Dual-Carrier Preparations for Viking
D. A. Bathker and D. W. Brown
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Network Operations
Computer Program Copy-Verify and Load Check System
R. Billings
NASA Code 311-03-14-42
Network Telemetry System Performance Tests in Support of the MVM'73 Project
R. D. Rey and E. T. Lobdell
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Deep Space Stations
Analysis of Staffing and Training Policies for a DSN Tracking Station
A. Bahadur and P. Gottlieb
NASA Code 311-03-13-30
The DSN Hydromechanical Service Program - A Second Look
R. Smith and O. Sumner
NASA Code 311-03-14-64
Network Command System Performance Test Report for Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973
B. Falin
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
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.