Abstract
Between 1948-when Shannon first proposed his basic theorems on information theory-and the start of the space age, little practical application developed from the lessons of coding theory. This article presents an overview of the Shannon theorem, interesting practical codes, and their application to the space channel. It turns out that a simple encoder in combination with a decoder of modest complexity placed into an uncoded communications system can increase the data rate by a factor of four or more depending on the coding scheme and the allowable error rate. Use of a convolutional code with sequential decoding has proved to be the outstanding scheme for these applications. It appears that, in the future, coding will find a place in most new digital space communication systems.
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