payload

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However, Musk is counting on using his massive Starship rocket, which is under development and can lift more than five times the payload.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It marks "our largest payload that we have launched to date," Martijn Van Delden, head of commercial development for Europe at Amazon Leo, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Starship hasn’t yet deployed an operational payload during the test missions, and SpaceX has grappled with setbacks during the development campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Veronica Viera, the company's payload operations lead, shows us an image that the satellite beamed back from space.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

The gold on his body was definitely smoking now, attracted to the catapult’s payload like iron to a giant magnet.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan