page_title: Communication Moon Relay
hierarchical_section_title: Communication Moon Relay
caption_attribution_description: English: Facsimile picture of the USS Hancock (CV-19) with ship officers and crew spelling out "Moon Relay." This picture was transmitted via the Moon from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Washington, D.C., on 28 January 1960.
context_page_description: 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 the Moon as a natural communications satellite — a technique known as Earth–Moon–Earth communication. 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, which sought to eavesdrop on Soviet military radar signals reflected from the Moon.
context_section_description: The Communication Moon Relay project (also known as simply Moon Relay, or, alternatively, Operation Moon Bounce) 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 the Moon as a natural 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 military radar signals reflected from the Moon.
caption: 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.
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