In-orbit testing of satellite TWTA's without commercial traffic interference

TWTAs (Traveling Xhuna Tube Amplifiers) are presently the primary life-limiting element of a communications satellite transponder. Satellite operators rely on spare ‘TWTAs to ensure that most of the transponders will be operating at the spacecraft end·of-life. We wish to track the °health° of the op...

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Main Author: Beachem, Thomas Andrew
Other Authors: Electrical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45745
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040426/