Satellite Communications Payload and System

About the Author

Dr. Teresa M. Braun received the B.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, in 1970; and from the University of California, Los Angeles, the M.A. in Mathematics in 1973, the M.S. in Systems Science in 1977, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1989 with dissertation on modulation and coding. She has also taken short courses on computer networks. She has been employed for 23 years in satellite communications and 3 years in satellite navigation. In California, from 1973 to 1976 she worked on GPS development at The Aerospace Corp.; from 1977 to 1986 on analysis and simulation of end-to-end satellite communications at LinCom Corp. (now LinQuest Corp.); from 1989 to 1997 in development of new payload technology in communications and navigation at Hughes Space & Communications (now Boeing Satellite Development Center); from 1997 to 1999 in development of new payload and ground-receiver technology and on a satellite constellation at Lockheed Martin's Western Development Laboratory (now part of LM's Management & Data Systems); and from 1999 to 2003 as a payload manager and department manager of payload systems analysis at Space Systems/Loral. After moving to Switzerland in 2003, she has worked in project management, supplier management, modem algorithm development, and payload analysis. She is still often in the US. She was née Thesken and also formerly named McKenzie. She has worked on NASA, defense, commercial, and ESA programs.