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Reliable design of spacecraft radios requires the analysis and test of hardware responses to spurious emissions which may degrade communications performance. Prior to hardware integration on the spacecraft, receivers and transmitters are tested to verify their compatibility with respect to emissions of conducted radio frequency (RF) signals and susceptibility to these signals. This reliability practice is applied to receivers and transmitters located in the same subsystem and to those installed in different subsystems on the same spacecraft. This early test to identify and resolve radio compatibility problems reduces the risk of uplink/downlink degradation which might threaten mission objectives.