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Advantages of Reed-Solomon codes over Golay codes
- When Voyager 1 and 2 left Earth, their internal computers were programmed to use Golay error correction codes.
- Images transmitted from Jupiter and Saturn were encoded using Golay codes.
- After leaving Saturn, the software was upgraded to use Reed-Solomon error correction codes.
- Advantages of Reed-Solomon codes include lower overhead and improved error correction compared to Golay codes.
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