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Re:Why it takes so long to get data back from New Horizons by icw on Sunday July 19, 2015 @02:12PM (#9912179)
New Horizons is using a 1/6 rate Turbo code for forward error correction, meaning 5/6 of the data returned is redundant. Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9890476
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Re:Why it takes so long to get data back from New Horizons by sophacles on Sunday July 19, 2015 @11:59PM (#9913927)
Thanks!
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