Editing Communication Moon Relay (section)

==Expansion==
The Moon Relay project was soon transferred to the Communications Section of the Radar Division of the Naval Research Laboratory. Under this department, the system was upgraded to use the [[ultra high frequency]] (UHF) band. The experimental system was transformed into a fully operational lunar relay system linking [[Hawaii]] with Washington, DC, which became functional in 1959. The new system was officially inaugurated in January 1960, when [[Chief of Naval Operations]] [[Admiral]] [[Arleigh Burke]] sent a message to [[United States Pacific Fleet|Commander, Pacific Fleet]] [[Felix Stump]] using the system.

The finished system used two sets of transmitters at [[Annapolis, Maryland]] and the [[Opana Radar Site]] in Hawaii and two sets of receivers at [[Cheltenham, Maryland]] and [[Wahiawa, Hawaii]]. It was later expanded to accommodate ship-to-shore transmissions to and from the [[Technical research ship|USS ''Oxford'' (AGTR-1)]] and [[USS Liberty (AGTR-5)]].