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Re:The ancient technology keeping space missions alive by andyjohnson0 on Friday August 18, 2023 @12:08PM (#37177687)
Yes, they're used in the rf power amplifiers. Both the X-band amps use tubes, and one of the pair of S-band amps does. The other is solid state. I don't know what drove this decision back then - they're presumably mission-critical so perhaps they were separately sourced.

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