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
MISSION SUPPORT
Planetary Flight Projects
Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
DSN System Testing: A Report on the DSN Pioneer G
Compatibility Program
A. I. Bryan
NASA Code 311-03-22-10
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Global Model of the Earth's Ionosphere: The Nighttime
Ionosphere
O. H. von Roos and P. R. Escobal
NASA Code 310-10-60-52
X-Band Waveguide Switches
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 310-10-63-03
S/X-Band Open-Loop Receivers
H. Donnelly
NASA Code 310-10-61-06
S- and X-Band Feed System
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 310-10-61-04
Data Collection System for the Dual-Carrier Exciter
R. H. Smith
NASA Code 310-10-64-01
Arithmetic Processing Unit
W. L. McPeak
NASA Code 310-10-64-01
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
Intermodulation Products in Dual Carrier Transmission: Power
Series Analysis
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Low Noise Receivers: Theory of "Noise Bursts" on Large Antennas
W. Higa, R. Clauss, and P. Dachel
NASA Code 310-20-66-01
S/X-Band Experiment: Zero-Delay-Device Step Attenuator Evaluation
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-20-66-02
S-Band Microwave Weather Project Data for CY 1971
M. S. Reid and R. W. D. Booth
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Maser Development
J. G. Leflang
NASA Code 310-20-66-05
Wind Load Predictions for the 64-meter-diameter Antenna
M. S. Katow and H. D. McGinness
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Minimum Inertia Design for Gear Trains
M. Kron
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Station Control and Operations Technology
A Driver/Receiver Unit for an Intercomputer Communications Link
W. A. Lushbaugh
NASA Code 310-30-68-01
Precision Signal Power Measurement System Using Central
Computing
R. F. Emerson
NASA Code 310-30-68-03
Bit Synchronizer for Sample Data Antenna Pointing System
T. O. Anderson, J. K. Holmes, and W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-30-68-06
Simultaneous Detection of Pulsar Radiation at S- and X-Bands
P. E. Reichley, G. S. Downs, and G. A. Morris
NASA Codes 310-10-61-04 and 310-30-68-06
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson, A. L. Price, and R. B. Kolbly
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Intermodulation Product Generator
R. B. Kolby
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Network Control and Data Processing
Capacity for Noncoherent, Soft-Decision MFSK Signaling
S. Butman and B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-40-70-01
An Experiment in Remote Monitoring of Mu-Ranging Operation at
Mariner Mars 1971 Superior Conjunction
D. E. Erickson and J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-40-72-02
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network Control System
Network Control System Development
W. C. Frey
NASA Code 311-03-32-40
Deep Space Stations
Reference Distribution Amplifier for the Block IV Subcarrier
Demodulator Assembly
R. C. Coffin
NASA Code 311-03-42-52
Multiple-Mission Open-Loop Receiver
H. Donnelly and S. E. Friedenberg
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
Deep Space Stations
Recent Modifications to the DSN Monitor and Control System
J. E. Allen and W. Honer
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Theoretical Analysis of the Doppler System Test
J. R. Lesh
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.