Telemetry
Telemetry was a technological process which involves tracking objects, compiling data on them and sending that data to a remote source. 

The telemetry of the NASA spaceship Charybdis failed on February 7, 2038. As a result, the vessel was believed to have been lost. It was found in 2365 that the ship had been swept out of the solar system by an alien force. ()

In 2258 of the alternate reality,  was able to confirm 's telemetry, which indicated a possible way to sneak up on Nero and the Narada by dropping out of warp behind Titan. ()

In 2268, Captain James T. Kirk ordered Lieutenant Nyota Uhura to channel automatic telemetry of the shuttlecraft  directly to the  computers as it approached the space amoeba. According to Spock's telemetry information, there were over 40 chromosomes in the nucleus ready to come together, ready to reproduce. ()

According to Lieutenant Commander Data in 2366, Romulans routinely monitored the telemetry of Starfleet deep space probes. ()

See also 
 Telemetric array
 Telemetry probe

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Communications technology