Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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traveling-wave-tube amplifier (TWTA)

Aerospace; Satellites

A combination of a power supply, a modulator (for pulsed systems), and a traveling-wave tube, often packaged in a common enclosure.

traveling-wave tube (TWT)

Aerospace; Satellites

A microwave tube of special design using a broadband circuit in which a beam of electrons interacts continuously with a guided electromagnetic field to amplify microwave frequencies.

time division multiple access (TDMA)

Aerospace; Satellites

Refers to a form of multiple access where a single carrier is the shared by many users. Signals from earth stations reaching the satellite consecutively are processed in time segments without ...

terrestrial interference (TI)

Aerospace; Satellites

Interference to satellite reception caused by ground based microwave transmitting stations.

television receive only (TVRO)

Aerospace; Satellites

Terminals that use antenna reflectors and associated electronic equipment to receive and process television and audio communications via satellite. Typically small home systems.

The process of orienting the transmitter and receiver circuits in the proper manner in order that they can be synchronized . Home television sets are synchronized by an incoming sync signal with the ...

subcarrier

Aerospace; Satellites

A second signal "piggybacked" onto a main signal to carry additional information. In satellite television transmission, the video picture is transmitted over the main carrier. The corresponding audio ...