This Design and Performance Summary Series, issued by the Deep Space Communications and Navigation Systems Center of Excellence (DESCANSO), is a companion series to the DESCANSO Monograph Series.
Authored by experienced scientists and engineers who participated in and contributed to deep-space
missions, each article in this series summarizes the design and performance for major systems such as
communications and navigation, for each mission. In addition, the series illustrates the progression of
system design from mission to mission. Lastly, it collectively provides readers with a broad overview of
the mission systems described.
