1
: a communications channel for transmissions to a spacecraft or satellite
also
: the transmissions themselves
2
: a facility on earth for transmitting to a spacecraft or satellite
uplink
verb
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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.
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Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
More promising has been NASA’s own tests last year of a 622 megabit per second laser uplink to the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2014
The downlink/uplink units were collectively referred to as the Site Controller (SC).
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
The lower-bandwidth uplink from each terminal's keyboard and screen went into the node's concentrator, which multiplexed their signals and sent them back collectively to the NIU over a single regular voice-grade telephone line, also at 1260 bps.
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
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Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
More promising has been NASA’s own tests last year of a 622 megabit per second laser uplink to the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2014
The downlink/uplink units were collectively referred to as the Site Controller (SC).
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
The lower-bandwidth uplink from each terminal's keyboard and screen went into the node's concentrator, which multiplexed their signals and sent them back collectively to the NIU over a single regular voice-grade telephone line, also at 1260 bps.
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Uplink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uplink. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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