Satellite 9441 20 watt TWTA anomaly report
Abstract
This report presents the results of an investigation of the cause of failure of a 20 watt amplifier considering orbital data and laboratory simulation. It ascribes the failure to the power supply (not the tube) and suggests a probable cause.
- Publication:
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Final Report TRW Defense and Space Systems Group
- Pub Date:
- April 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980trw..rept.....F
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Failure Modes;
- Telemetry;
- Traveling Wave Amplifiers;
- Communication Equipment;
- Electric Power Supplies;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering