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At 3072 bits per second, 25 hours of recording requires approximately

  • A.77 megabits
  • B.1.1 gigabits
  • C.18 megabits
  • D.276 megabits

Answer: D

Correct answer: 276 megabits

Multiply the rate by the number of seconds:

\[ 25 \times 3600 = 90\,000\ \mathrm{s} \]

\[ 3072 \times 90\,000 = 2.765 \times 10^{8}\ \mathrm{bits} \approx 276\ \mathrm{Mbit} \]

That is about 35 megabytes for 25 hours of flight data - a figure that made magnetic tape a genuine constraint and makes solid-state memory trivially adequate. The capacity limit that once shaped the parameter list has simply disappeared.

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