down·link
ˈdau̇n-ˌliŋk 
: a communications channel for receiving transmissions from a spacecraft
also
: such transmissions
downlinked; downlinking; downlinks
: to transmit (data) from a spacecraft or satellite to a receiver on earth
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
There’s always that piece in the back of your head that’s getting ready every downlink—today could be the last day, today could be the last day.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2024
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
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Noun
The memory also contains science or engineering data for downlink, NASA says.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
There’s always that piece in the back of your head that’s getting ready every downlink—today could be the last day, today could be the last day.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 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
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“Downlink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downlink. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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