The Interplanetary Network Progress Report 42-152 October-December 2002

Contents

Preface

Laboratory Characterization and Modeling of a Near-Infrared Enhanced Photomultiplier Tube

A. Biswas and W. H. Farr

Cavity-Dumped Communication Laser Design

W. T. Roberts

Quantum Detection of Binary and Ternary Signals in the Presence of Thermal Noise Fields

V. A. Vilnrotter and C.-W. Lau

Plan for Safe Laser Beam Propagation from the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory

K. E. Wilson, W. T. Roberts, V. Garkanian, F. Battle, R. Leblanc,
H. Hemmati, and P. Robles

Terrestrial Propagation of 2-Gigahertz Emissions Transmitted from the Deep Space Network 70-Meter Antenna at Robledo

C. M. Ho, M. K. Sue, T. K. Peng, and E. K. Smith

The Orbital Dynamics Environment of 433 Eros: A Case Study for Future Asteroid Missions

D. J. Scheeres, J. K. Miller, and D. K. Yeomans

Autonomous Formation-Flying Sensor for the StarLight Mission

M. Aung, G. H. Purcell, J. Y. Tien, L. E. Young, L. R. Amaro,
J. Srinivasan, M. A. Ciminera, and Y. J. Chong

Errata

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.
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