payload

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New Glenn is Blue Origin’s reusable rocket that can take 45 metric tons of payload into low Earth orbit.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Among the company’s plans is to drive down vehicle-launch costs through the use of its Starship, a massive reusable rocket that SpaceX expects to be capable of carrying a more than 100-metric-ton payload to orbit.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

"We expect that Starship V3 will be able to carry a payload of 100 metric tons, with future generations of Starship being designed to double this payload," it added.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

One payload, the Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, will capture high-resolution images of how the lander's engine plume interacts with the lunar surface during descent and landing.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

The book also called for us to make decisions we’d never made before: How high and fast was our rocket to go, and how heavy was our payload going to be?

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam