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Carrying capacity of a vehicle
Payload is the object or the entity that is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle. Sometimes payload also refers to the carrying capacity of
Payload
Content of a message excluding headers and metadata
telecommunications, the payload is the part of transmitted data that is the actual intended message. Headers and metadata are sent only to enable payload delivery and
Payload_(computing)
Launch of small spacecraft together with larger one
Secondary payload, also known as rideshare payload, is a smaller-sized payload transported to orbit on a launch vehicle that is mostly paid for—and with
Secondary_payload
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up payload in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Payload is the carrying capacity of a vehicle, often an aircraft or spacecraft. Payload may also refer
Payload_(disambiguation)
A hosted payload is a module attached to a commercial satellite with communications circuitry that operates independently of the main spacecraft but which
Hosted_payload
Person trained for flights of a specific payload on a NASA Space Shuttle mission
A payload specialist (PS) was an individual selected and trained by commercial or research organizations for flights of a specific payload on a NASA Space
Payload_specialist
Secure network protocol suite
header modification attacks and replay attacks. Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) provides confidentiality, connectionless data integrity, data origin
IPsec
Nose cone of a rocket used to protect spacecraft during launch
A payload fairing or nose fairing is a nose cone used to protect a spacecraft payload against the impact of dynamic pressure and aerodynamic heating during
Payload_fairing
US Navy fast attack submarine class
the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), which would give guided-missile capability when the SSGNs are retired from service. The Virginia Payload Module will
Virginia-class_submarine
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
carries the second stage and payload to a predetermined speed and altitude, after which the second stage accelerates the payload to its target orbit. The
Falcon_9
Part of the Columbus module on the International Space Station
external payloads or payload facilities. Four external payloads (payload facilities) can be operated at the same time. An additional external payload platform
Columbus External Payload Facility
Columbus_External_Payload_Facility
Multimedia information signaling
frame size and timing, are specified in an RTP payload format. The format parameters of the RTP payload are typically communicated between transmission
RTP_payload_formats
Retrieved 25 October 2025. "Unknown Payload | Long March 8". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 30 March 2026. "Unknown Payload | Long March 6A". Next Spaceflight
List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_April–June_2026
previously announced goal of 100 Falcon launches in the year. The company's payload delivery capacity also rose, with approximately 1,200 tonnes (2,600,000 lb)
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2023)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2023)
Single-stage solid-fueled booster stage
The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant
Payload_Assist_Module
Measure of aircraft/spacecraft efficiency
payload fraction is a common term used to characterize the efficiency of a particular design. The payload fraction is the quotient of the payload mass
Payload_fraction
Computer network protocol
unfragmentable" # Payload size payload_size: int = byte1 & 0b111_1111 if payload_size == 126: payload_size, = struct.unpack(">H", conn.recv(2)) assert payload_size
WebSocket
and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
Falcon 9 became the first rocket to land propulsively after delivering a payload into orbit. This reusability results in significantly reduced launch costs
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
would be the first fully reusable orbital rocket and have the highest payload capacity of any launch vehicle to date. As of May 27, 2026, Starship has
SpaceX_Starship
Spacecraft-rocket stage connector used as an American spaceflight industry standard
The EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) is an adapter for launching secondary payloads on orbital launch vehicles. Originally developed for US launch
EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
EELV_Secondary_Payload_Adapter
Lin (3 October 2022). "何謂載荷專家 在太空站要從事什麼工作?" [What is a payload specialist? What does a payload specialist do on the space station?]. HK01 (in Chinese)
Astronaut_ranks_and_positions
Network utility used to test the reachability of a host
terminal output vary by implementation. Options may include the size of the payload, count of tests, limits for the number of network hops (TTL) that probes
Ping_(networking_utility)
Partially reusable launch system and space plane
protect payloads from heating during launch and reentry. Payloads were secured in the payload bay to the attachment points on the longerons. The payload bay
Space_Shuttle
Unit of data on an Ethernet network
words, a data unit on an Ethernet link transports an Ethernet frame as its payload. An Ethernet frame is preceded by a preamble and start frame delimiter
Ethernet_frame
Self-replicating malware program
pass through. However, as the Morris worm and Mydoom showed, even these "payload-free" worms can cause major disruption by increasing network traffic and
Computer_worm
Protocol for delivering audio and video over IP networks
defines the codecs used to encode the payload data and their mapping to payload format codes in the protocol field Payload Type (PT) of the RTP header. Each
Real-time_Transport_Protocol
Steel container used in the International Space Station
The International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) is a steel framework container that is designed and been adopted by the International Space Station (ISS)
International Standard Payload Rack
International_Standard_Payload_Rack
The Payload Operations and Integration Center (POIC), part of the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), callsign Huntsville, or the Payload Operations
Payload Operations and Integration Center
Payload_Operations_and_Integration_Center
NASA launch facility in Florida
Multi-Payload Processing Facility is a 19,647 square feet (1,825.3 m2) building used for Orion spacecraft and payload processing. The Payload Hazardous
Kennedy_Space_Center
American transporter erector launcher
equipment to include one Battery Operations Center (BOC), four launcher Payload Deployment Systems (PDS), one Reload Capability, and one BOC Support Vehicle
Typhon_missile_system
Spacecraft and payload processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
The Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) is a facility at Kennedy Space Center constructed by NASA in either 1994 or 1995 and used for spacecraft
Multi-Payload Processing Facility
Multi-Payload_Processing_Facility
NASA program contracting commercial transportation services to the Moon
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to hire companies to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon. Most landing sites
Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services
Soviet launch vehicle
Energia of the Soviet Union as part of the Buran program for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft. Control system main developer enterprise
Energia_(rocket)
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
second stage on top of the center core. Falcon Heavy has the second highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle behind NASA's Space
Falcon_Heavy
Expendable launch system
operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA) since 2006. Primarily used to launch payloads for the United States Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial customers
Atlas_V
Japanese satellite
Experimental Geodetic Satellite (EGS), as it carries the Experimental Geodetic Payload (EGP). EGP was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on August 12
Ajisai
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
on March 1, 2021, the vehicle is designed to be capable of delivering a payload of 13,000 kg (28,700 lb) to low Earth orbit in a partially reusable configuration
Rocket_Lab_Neutron
Smallest message entity exchanged using Internet Protocol version 6
payload of user data. The control information in IPv6 packets is subdivided into a mandatory fixed header and optional extension headers. The payload
IPv6_packet
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) is a small aerial drone originally intended for logistics, weighs 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) empty, and delivers payloads of up
Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System
Sypaq_Corvo_Precision_Payload_Delivery_System
Retired expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family
military payloads for the United States Air Force (USAF), but was also used to launch a number of United States government non-military payloads and a single
Delta_IV
Rocket able to lift 50,000 kg to low Earth orbit
A super heavy-lift launch vehicle (SHLLV) is a rocket that can lift a payload of 50 metric tons (110,000 lb) to low Earth orbit according to the United
Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicle
Reusable spacecraft under development by SpaceX
general sections: the engine bay, the oxygen tank, the fuel tank, and the payload bay. The retired Block 1 was constructed in a similar manner, though it
SpaceX_Starship_(spacecraft)
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
flights of Spacelab laboratories, all four United States Microgravity Payload missions, and the only flight of Spacehab's Research Double Module. Columbia
Space_Shuttle_Columbia
Soviet winged orbital vehicle
of the weight of the orbiter, while another 11% of weight was added by payload systems and removable parts. The wings of the orbiter contained elevators
Buran_(spacecraft)
Off-highway ultra class haul truck for mining and heavy-duty construction
one of the largest haul truck payload capacities in the world, up to 400 short tons (363 t) and has the highest payload capacity among mechanical drive
Caterpillar_797
European heavy-lift space launch vehicle (1996–2023)
the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana. It was used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), low Earth orbit (LEO) or further
Ariane_5
Value for unrepresentable data
recommends the operations getPayload, setPayload, and setPayloadSignaling be implemented, standardizing the access to payloads to streamline application
NaN
Field in Ethernet frames indicating which protocol is encapsulated in the payload
is encapsulated in the payload of the frame and is used at the receiving end by the data link layer to determine how the payload is processed. The same
EtherType
Rocket used to carry a spacecraft into space
launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere
Launch_vehicle
Space launch system
by Boeing for the United States Air Force beginning in 1976 for raising payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits or interplanetary trajectories following
Inertial_Upper_Stage
Formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network
user data; the latter is also known as the payload. Control information provides data for delivering the payload (e.g., source and destination network addresses
Network_packet
Malicious software used in ransom demands
then runs a payload, which locks the system in some fashion, or claims to lock the system but does not (e.g., a scareware program). Payloads may display
Ransomware
Large packets in IPv6
carrying a payload larger than 65535octets. An optional feature of IPv6, the jumbo payload option, allows the exchange of packets with payloads of up to
Jumbogram
Series of US military trucks since 1996
a series of military vehicles based upon a common chassis, varying by payload and mission requirements. The FMTV is derived from the Austrian Steyr 12M18
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
Family_of_Medium_Tactical_Vehicles
Chinese super-heavy rocket in development
hydrolox engines. Current plans call for the Long March 9 to have a maximum payload capacity of 150,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 54,000 kg to trans-lunar
Long_March_9
Next Spaceflight. Retrieved September 20, 2024. "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin's New Glenn on Track for This Year". Blue
List_of_New_Glenn_launches
Two-stage small launch vehicle, 200-300 kg to LEO
Photon will be capable of delivering small payloads of up to 30 kg (66 lb) into lunar orbit. The Electron payload Fairing is 2.5 m (8 feet and 2.4 inches)
Rocket_Lab_Electron
Computer communications protocol
tunnel. Tunneling protocols work by using the data portion of a packet (the payload) to carry the packets that actually provide the service. Tunneling uses
Tunneling_protocol
Sports car launched into space in 2018
Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial
Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster
NASA materials science experiments aboard the Russian space station
The Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP) was a set of four experiments installed on the Russian space station Mir from March 1996 to October 1997
Mir Environmental Effects Payload
Mir_Environmental_Effects_Payload
Spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle
by NASA, the U.S. space agency, this vehicle could carry astronauts and payloads into low Earth orbit, perform in-space operations, then re-enter the atmosphere
Space_Shuttle_orbiter
Ethernet frame with more than 1500 bytes payload
Ethernet frames with more than 1500 bytes of payload, the limit set by the IEEE 802.3 standard. The payload limit for jumbo frames is variable: while 9000
Jumbo_frame
2014 ISS instrument to test laser downlink
Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is a spacecraft communication instrument developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was tested on the
Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science
Optical_Payload_for_Lasercomm_Science
Geostationary communications satellite
UHF payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite for 15 years of service. Intelsat 22 had three distinct communications payloads. A 48 channel C-band payload with
Intelsat_22
Maiden flight of the Ariane 6 rocket family
600-kilogram (3,500 lb) payload, consisting of a mass simulator, plus a number of small CubeSats and other experiments as rideshare payloads. The launch experienced
Ariane_flight_VA262
Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) is a NASA Ames Research Center concept to return small payloads from orbit. The system uses an Exo-Brake, a parachute-like
Small_Payload_Quick_Return
Planned 2020s private Venus astrobiology probe
2024. Zisk, Rachael (15 November 2023). "Rocket Lab Takes On Venus". Payload. Payload. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February
Venus_Life_Finder
Dispensing system of an aerosol mist
can or bottle that contains a payload, and a propellant under pressure. When the container's valve is opened, the payload is forced out of a small opening
Aerosol_spray_dispenser
Israeli military drone, 2009
Elbit Systems Hermes 900 Kochav ("Star") is an Israeli medium-size, multi-payload, medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed
Elbit_Hermes_900
Soviet military transport aircraft
max payload 8,400 km (5,200 mi; 4,500 nmi) with 80,000 kg (176,370 lb) payload 11,500 km (7,100 mi; 6,200 nmi) with 40,000 kg (88,185 lb) payload Ferry
Antonov_An-124_Ruslan
American rocket used in the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s
propellant load by 3.1%. This increased the Saturn I's low Earth orbit payload capability from 20,000 to 46,000 pounds (9.1 to 20.9 t), enough for early
Saturn_IB
Type of dump truck
tri-axles were made in the 1970s. Haul trucks are denominated by their payload weight capacity. Most haul trucks have a two-axle design, but two well-known
Haul_truck
For networking, the Internet Protocol IP Payload Compression Protocol, or IPComp, is a low level compression protocol for IP datagrams defined in RFC
IP Payload Compression Protocol
IP_Payload_Compression_Protocol
Communication satellite
The Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE), was an experimental communication satellite with a C-Band transponder launched by the Indian Space Research
Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
Ariane_Passenger_Payload_Experiment
Soviet space weapon prototype
previous statements on the USSR's peaceful intent. For technical reasons, the payload was launched upside down. It was designed to separate from the Energia
Polyus_(spacecraft)
Partly reusable Orbital launch vehicle by LandSpace of China
diameter, and have a liftoff weight of approximately 660 tonnes. Its planned payload capacity to low Earth orbit is about 21 tonnes in expendable mode, 18.3
Zhuque-3
Chinese heavy lift rocket
fifth most powerful orbital launch vehicle by payload to LEO and the CZ-5 the second most powerful by payload to GTO, comparable to the US Vulcan Centaur
Long_March_5
Proposed spacelaunch method
containing a payload. Once the payload has been accelerated, the two separate, and the holder is slowed and recycled for another payload. Alternatively
Mass_driver
Family of encrypting ransomware discovered in 2016
Microsoft Windows–based systems, infecting the master boot record to execute a payload that encrypts a HDD or SSD file system table and performs a fake CHKDSK
Petya_(malware_family)
American expendable launch system
multiple government payloads), but did feature several electrical and guidance improvements. Atlas I did not feature any major payload capacity improvements
Atlas_I
Rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center
known as the International Space Station Payload Operations Center. This facility supports ISS launch, payload, and experiment activities at the Kennedy
Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
North Korean mobile intercontinental ballistic missile
Hwasong-19 is an evolution of Hwasong-18 with a longer range and a heavier payload. Hwasong-19 has been claimed by North Korean state media as the world's
Hwasong-19
Module on the International Space Station
Station (ExPRESS) Logistics Carrier (ELC) is an unpressurized attached payload platform for the International Space Station (ISS) that provides mechanical
ExPRESS_Logistics_Carrier
Hierarchical file packaging format
network transfer of arbitrary digital content. A "bag" consists of a "payload" (the arbitrary content) and "tags," which are metadata files intended
BagIt
Planned Indian Venus orbiter
instruments were announced. The orbiter was expected to have a science payload capability of approximately 100 kilograms (220 lb) with 500 Watt available
Venus_Orbiter_Mission
Comparison of all orbital launch systems
Orbital launch systems are rockets and other systems capable of placing payloads into or beyond Earth orbit. All launch vehicle propulsion systems employed
Comparison of orbital launch systems
Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems
SpaceX aims to achieve this by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing launch frequency, creating a mass-manufacturing
List_of_Starship_vehicles
Variant of the Delta IV space launch vehicle
time of its retirement in 2024, it ranked third among active rockets in payload capacity. Developed by Boeing and later manufactured by United Launch Alliance
Delta_IV_Heavy
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
commercial operations on the Moon until now. Part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, Firefly operated 10 NASA instruments aboard Blue Ghost
Moon_landing
United Launch Alliance launch vehicle
carrying the Peregrine lunar lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Its second flight, conducted on October 4, 2024, as part
Vulcan_Centaur
American engineer and astronaut (1944–1986)
Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft. Jarvis graduated from Mohawk Central High
Gregory_Jarvis
Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle
KVTK. Weighing 773 tonnes (1,704,000 lb) at lift-off, Angara A5 has a payload capacity of 24.5 tonnes (54,000 lb) to a 200 km (120 mi) x 60° orbit. Angara
Angara_A5
Lunar lander family for the Artemis program
planned to be capable of delivering up to 3.0 tonnes (3.3 short tons) of payload to the surface of the Moon. Originally envisioned as a way to gain experience
Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)
Russian missile
carried as a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload of heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), such as the UR-100UTTKh
Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle)
Avangard_(hypersonic_glide_vehicle)
Hypergolic orbital maneuvering engines used on NASA's Space Shuttle
supporting the Hubble Space Telescope (STS-31) or those with unusually heavy payloads such as Chandra (STS-93). An OMS dump burn also occurred on STS-51-F, as
Orbital_Maneuvering_System
NASA super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used in the Artemis Program
rocket to ever carry humans, 39 meganewtons (8,800,000 pounds-force), SLS's payload capacity to trans-lunar injection of 27 metric tons (59,525 lb) is only
Space_Launch_System
American public spaceflight company
sounding rocket in November 2009. The payload was not recovered, and the launch was deemed unsuccessful. The payload was a ballistic instrumentation dart
Rocket_Lab
International car standard
allows for the transport of messages that exceed the eight byte maximum payload of CAN frames. ISO-TP segments longer messages into multiple frames, adding
ISO_15765-2
Two-stage, air-launched rocket by Virgin Orbit
2007 to 2020. It was an air-launched rocket, designed to carry smallsat payloads of up to 300 kg (660 lb) into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), following air
LauncherOne
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Tamil
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Eye sight
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Tamil
Light, Honor
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Russian
(ЕфроÑиньÑ) Feminine form of Russian Efrosin, EFROSINIA means "joy, mirth."
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Tamil
Snow at dawn, Death
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Arabic, Muslim
Blessed
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
The Food of the Gods; Necter; Milk; Amrit; Elixir; Drink that Makes One Immortal
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Biblical
God is my portion.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Rayne in Essex, recorded in Domesday Book as Raines, possibly from an unattested Old English word, hrægene ‘shelter’, ‘eminence’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Rennes in Brittany.English : patronymic from Raine 1.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Rayne, cognate with Raine 2 and used as a translation of Hebrew Malka ‘queen’.
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Hindu
Searcher
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Gaelic, Irish, Scottish
Slender; Thin; Variant of Blaine
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