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Is 567.50 feet per minute as fast as The Speed of Light?

It's about 0.000000010 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 59,014,263,385.8270 feet per minute.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 59,014,263,385.8270 feet per minute, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 39,342,842,257.8740 feet per minute when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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