Mile per second conversions

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mile per second (unit of speed), pl. miles per second, abbr. mps

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About mile per second

The mile per second (or mile/second) is a unit of speed in the Imperial and US customary systems of units equal to 1,609.344 meters per second (1 mps = 1,609.344 m/s), the derived unit of speed in the International System of Units (SI).

The mile per second (mps) is also equal to about 5,793.6384 kilometers per hour (km/h), or 63,360 inches per second (in/s), or 5,280 feet per second (ft/s) or 3,128.31447 knots (kn).

The speed is the distance traveled by an object during a period of time. Thus, miles per second (or miles/second) show how many miles are traveled in one second. The mile is a unit of length in the Imperial / US customary system of units while the second is the base unit of time in the metric system.

Symbol: mps

Plural: miles per second

Mile per second conversions: a detailed list with conversions from miles per second to other (metric, imperial, or customary) speed and velocity measurement units is shown below.

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