Funny how it's as slow as the first modems
Of course, the channel adds a lot of noise and attenuation
(I'm not sure the rate they mention is the effective ratio or before Error Correction Codes)
Of course, the channel adds a lot of noise and attenuation
(I'm not sure the rate they mention is the effective ratio or before Error Correction Codes)
6.3. DOWNLINK SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
The downlink card in each IEM is the exciter for the TWTAs
and encodes frame data from the spacecraft C&DH system into
rate 1/6, CCSDS turbocoded blocks.
and more details,
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~tcase/NH%20RF%20Telecom%20Sys%2...
An effective 2000 bits/second from Pluto is the stuff of science fiction. (Actually, even SF from the 50s was full of situations like being out of radio contact with Earth because of distances on the order of an AU or so. With available technology they were probably right).