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The Communication Moon Relay project was a telecommunication project carried out by the United States Navy. Its objective was to develop a secure and reliable method of wireless communication by using
Sailors on board the USS Hancock (CV-19) spelling out "Moon Relay." This picture was transmitted via Moon bounce as part of the official Navy inauguration of the system.
An entry in Trexler's notebook regarding Moon bounce communications
The United States Naval Research Laboratory is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. Located in Washington, DC, it was founded in 1923 and co
Communication Moon Relay
…communications satellite — a technique known as Earth–Moon–Earth communication (EME). Most of the project's work took place during the 1950s at the United States Naval Research Laboratory. Operation Moon Relay was spun off from a classified military espionage program known as Passive Moon Relay (PAMOR), which sought to eavesdrop on Soviet…
US Naval Research Laboratory in 2001
Starshine 3 satellite in lab
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US Naval Research Lab