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downlink

[ doun-lingk ]

  1. a transmission path for data or other signals from a communications satellite or airborne platform to an earth station.


  1. pertaining to such transmission.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of downlink1

First recorded in 1965–70; down 1 + link 1
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Example Sentences

Currently, most satellite operators have to downlink all their collected data and do most of the computing work on Earth.

The ground-based method, known as downlink jamming, transmits a signal on the same frequency as the satellite, which prevents connected devices from receiving the legitimate signal.

High-powered jammers on the ground or placed on balloons can disrupt both uplink and downlink signals from drones.

In a filing with the FCC last week, SpaceX said it uses the 12GHz band as “workhorse frequencies” to provide “critical downlink services” across the US.

“Confirmed that Ingenuity has performed its first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” downlink engineer Michael Starch declared.

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