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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Cybercriminals have access to the open protocols that deliver the uplinks and downlinks.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
That slow uplink would have made one of my inflight tests, uploading a 499MB video of our takeoff to PCMag’s Slack workspace, implausible to impossible.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
Courtesy of Nokia Any data collected would have been transferred back to the NIB on Athena, which would have transferred it to Earth via a long-haul satellite uplink.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
The company has also been able to establish uplink and downlink functions with the craft.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
That slow uplink would have made one of my inflight tests, uploading a 499MB video of our takeoff to PCMag’s Slack workspace, implausible to impossible.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
Courtesy of Nokia Any data collected would have been transferred back to the NIB on Athena, which would have transferred it to Earth via a long-haul satellite uplink.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
The company has also been able to establish uplink and downlink functions with the craft.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Uplink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uplink. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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