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by FireBeyond 3122 days ago
At a mammoth 16bps...

And then the 20kW+ transmitter you'd need...
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AnssiH 3122 days ago
I think Voyager data rate is 160bps (when I last saw it at https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html ).
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mark-r 3122 days ago
It wouldn't surprise me if they've been reducing the data rate as the signal strength weakens.
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AnssiH 3122 days ago
Yep. But looks like Madrid is receiving data right now from VGR1 and the page says "159.00 b/sec".
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