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payloads

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a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds

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Recent Examples of payloads Five of those payloads are microsatellites for South Korea's nascent New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) network. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Bringing research back to Earth Outpost is developing the CarryAll vehicle family to host payloads in orbit and return cargo ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 The rideshare mission, known as Transporter-18, carried 130 payloads into a polar Sun-synchronous orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Given that Starship can carry payloads of up to 100 tonnes, this represents only a fraction of its capacity. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

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And some manage the difficult trick of tasting like fall without giving off loads of scented-candle energy.

— Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
PlusAI uses sand to simulate the loads its trailers must carry to support research and development testing, as carrying the material closely mimics real freight conditions.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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My producer Harriet Taylor and I stood incredulously and watched cargoes of Putin’s gas steam into the Port of Rotterdam.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Lines of trucks stretch for miles, and drivers sometimes wait more than three weeks to finally bring their cargoes across a border.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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The companies write in general terms that undercutting affiliates would lessen liquidity and worsen odds for customers, while complaining about the operational burdens the rules would create.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

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However, the model’s final hardware requirements, downloadable weights, and independent benchmark results were not publicly available at the time of the announcement.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
During its original heyday, the Alite series dipped to weights below 400 lb (181 kg) and was even popular for motorcycle camping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

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