1. past tense of downlink; transmitted data or signals from a satellite, spacecraft, or aircraft to a ground station or receiver
Usage: technical; aerospace/telecommunications

Examples

• The satellite downlinked weather data to the research station every hour.
• NASA downlinked high-resolution images from the Mars rover to Earth.
• The spacecraft downlinked telemetry information during its descent.
• Scientists downlinked the experimental results from the International Space Station.
• The aircraft downlinked its flight data to air traffic control.