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   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <1105902023.240764.257410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >I was wondering what communications protocols have been used in the   
   >past with probes traveling beyond the earth-moon system?   
      
   The CCSDS protocols  are essentially universal in   
   deep-space missions, although there is some interest (mostly outside the   
   traditional deep-space organizations) in TCP/IP as an alternative.   
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