Gbps

"Gbps" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Using infrared lasers, LCRD will send data to Earth from geosynchronous orbit at 1.2 gigabits-per-second (Gbps). At this speed and distance, you could download a movie in under a minute.

The Terabyte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) CubeSat payload will demonstrate laser downlinks at 200 Gbps – a new record for laser communications data rates.

We measure bandwidth by Gbps.

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