There's also a neat book for those interested in the engineering details of their receivers: "Low-Noise Systems in the Deep Space Network" Edited by Macgregor

There's also a neat book for those interested in the engineering details of their receivers: "Low-Noise Systems in the Deep Space Network" Edited by Macgregor S. Reid https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/Reid_DESCANSO_sml-110804.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/Reid_DESCAN... It's published by the JPL as part of the "Deep Space Communictions and Navigation Series". The rest of the books in the series, listed in the book's front matter, have some fascinating titles.