downlink

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noun

down·link ˈdau̇n-ˌliŋk

: a communications channel for receiving transmissions from a spacecraft

also : such transmissions

downlink

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verb

downlinked; downlinking; downlinks

transitive verb

: to transmit (data) from a spacecraft or satellite to a receiver on earth

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Noun

But one of the things that is emerging is the ability for uplinks and downlinks to both be incredibly robust and to handle massive amounts of capacity. —

Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024 But by April 2024, the downlink rate of the laser reached only 25Mbps as Psyche traveled farther out to the solar system. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024

Verb

The spacecraft will align its antenna with Earth and downlink the photographs via the Deep Space Network. —

Mika McKinnon, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017 The spacecraft was launched from Florida last month and images from this week’s deployment sequence were downlinked from the orbiter by flight controllers at California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo. —

Washington Post, 26 July 2019 See all Example Sentences for downlink