TWTA definition
Examples of TWTA in a sentence
In circumstances in which a spare SSPA or TWTA is required to be employed for any Protected Party and to do so requires a change in the SSPA or TWTA assigned to Customer, Customer shall, on notice from HNS or the Satellite Operator, immediately cease transmitting to the Satellite to allow the SSPA or TWTA that is assigned to its Transponder to be reassigned and a different unit (that meets the Performance Specifications) to be put in its place.
In circumstances in which a spare TWTA is required to be employed for any customer and to do so requires a change in the TWTA assigned to Customer, Customer shall, on notice from PanAmSat, cease transmitting to the applicable Service Transponder(s) to allow the TWTA that is assigned to its Transponder(s) to be reassigned and a different unit (that meets the Service Specifications) to be put in its place.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Spare redundancy plan of the Satellite may require PanAmSat to reassign certain traveling wave tube amplifiers ("TWTAs") among Transponders to make use of a TWTA.
If there is a Transponder Failure, owing to (i) a fault not attributable to the CUSTOMER, DOS shall use its reasonable endeavors to restore (which may or may not involve the activation of TWTA per Article 4 above) or substitute the Capacity as soon as reasonably practicable.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Spare redundancy plan of each Satellite may require PanAmSat to reassign certain traveling wave tube amplifiers ("TWTAs") among Transponders to make use of a spare TWTA.
Where required under Section 5.3, PanAmSat shall employ available spare TWTAs (as defined below) to restore a failed [***] Transponder, but any such spare TWTA employed shall be preemptible by PanAmSat to protect any other Buyer's Transponder on PAS-6B that may fail to meet its Performance Specifications, even if such failure occurs after the initial use of the spare TWTA to restore a [***] Transponder to its Performance Specifications.
For the avoidance of doubt, the frequency preemptibility provision shall not apply to TWTAs substituted in the course of the reassignment of TWTAs to restore a non-[***] Transponder to its applicable Performance or Service Specifications (reference is made to the second paragraph of Section 5.3) unless the TWTA employed for a [***] Transponder was already preemptible pursuant to the previous operation of this Section 1.
In circumstances in which a Transponder Spare is required to be employed for any Owner and to do so requires a change in the TWTA assigned to Lessee, Lessee shall, on notice from PanAmSat, immediately cease transmitting to the Lessee Transponder using such TWTA to allow such reassignment and for a different TWTA (which must meet or exceed the applicable Transponder Performance specifications) to be assigned to such Lessee Transponder.
The satellite is configured with redundant traveling wave tube amplifiers (“TWTAs”), which provide inherent backup capability in the event of a primary TWTA failure.
For the avoidance of doubt, any use of TWTA to restore the affected Capacity/Transponder under this Agreement shall be without prejudice to and in accordance with Article 10(d)(i) below.