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
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
RADIO SCIENCE
Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes
NASA Code 311-03-21-90
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND NAVIGATION
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Sequential Decoding Medium Rate Performance Model
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-10-61-01
Prediction of Tropospheric Wet-Component Range Error From Surface Measurements
P. S. Callahan
NASA Code 310-10-60-52
Short Baseline QVLBI Demonstrations - Part I
C. C. Chao, S. K. Wong, and A. Lubeley
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
Spacecraft Orbit Determination Using Long Tracking Arcs
J. K. Campbell and K. H. Rourke
NASA Code 310-10-60-50
Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standard: Receiver Configuration and Stability Requirements
R. F. Meyer
NASA Code 310-10-62-03
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
Coded Interleaving for Burst Error Correction
L. R. Welch
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
A Golay-Viterbi Concatenated Coding Scheme for MJS'77
L. D. Baumert and R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Capacity of Noncoherent Channels
S. Butman and M. J. Klass
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Improvement in the Accuracy of the New Broadband Square Law Detector
M. S. Reid, R. A. Gardner, and C. T. Stelzried
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Station Control and Operations Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
A Preliminary Study of Spares Provisioning for the Deep Space Network
I. Eisenberger, G. Lorden, and F. Maiocco
NASA Code 310-30-69-01
Word Formatter for MVM'73 Real-Time High-Rate TV Data
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-30-69-01
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Ground Communications
GCF Wideband Switch Subassembly - Requirements and Design Concept
E. F. Bird
NASA Code 311-06-40-00
Deep Space Stations
Integral Modulating Anode Resistor
R. H. Smith
NASA Code 311-03-14-21
Sharing Range Capability at the Conjoint Stations
W. J. Blandford
NASA Code 311-03-42-47
Block III Maser Implementation Program
D. L. Trowbridge
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Signal Suppression in Bandpass Limiters
D. W. Brown
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
Design of the 10-MHz IF Amplifier for the Block IV Subcarrier Demodulator Assembly
P. F. Kuhnle
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
Helios Spacecraft Low-Gain Antenna Model
N. C. Ham
NASA Code 311-03-42-47
Telemetry and Command Multiple-Mission Software (Model A)
V. D. Jones
NASA Code 311-03-42-53
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.