Satellite capacity is the combination of bandwidth and
power, and is measured in units of Hertz (cycles per
second). Since large bandwidths are required it is more
common to use MegaHertz (MHz) or kiloHertz (kHz).
Since terrestrial capacity is leased in Megabits per
second, or multiples thereof, Intelsat often makes the
conversion to MHz which will support the required
information rate.