as in loads
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
The platform also incorporates integrated suspension and supports payloads exceeding 661 pounds (300 kilograms), while alternative differential-drive configurations are available for rough outdoor terrain.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
The spacecraft will also be capable of delivering heavier payloads to orbit than any other rocket in history.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
New Glenn is a giant, partially reusable rocket that seeks to compete with SpaceX’s Starship rocket and can carry heavier payloads of up to 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit.
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Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines will develop lunar landers capable of delivering science payloads to the moon.
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Briana Alvarado,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Isaacman stressed this week that NASA’s preferred option is for the Endurance mission, which will carry two NASA science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, to launch on New Glenn.
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Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Recently, for instance, SpaceX introduced its Starfall capsule, designed to return payloads from Earth orbit, which launched June 23 on a demo mission from Florida.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Also flying were payloads for Astranis Space Technologies and Gravity Space headed for geostationary orbits.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The company is targeting uncrewed cargo flights as early as 2028, with Tesla’s Optimus robots potentially among the first payloads.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
The spacecraft will also be capable of delivering heavier payloads to orbit than any other rocket in history.
—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
New Glenn is a giant, partially reusable rocket that seeks to compete with SpaceX’s Starship rocket and can carry heavier payloads of up to 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit.
—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines will develop lunar landers capable of delivering science payloads to the moon.
—
Briana Alvarado,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Isaacman stressed this week that NASA’s preferred option is for the Endurance mission, which will carry two NASA science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, to launch on New Glenn.
—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Recently, for instance, SpaceX introduced its Starfall capsule, designed to return payloads from Earth orbit, which launched June 23 on a demo mission from Florida.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Also flying were payloads for Astranis Space Technologies and Gravity Space headed for geostationary orbits.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The company is targeting uncrewed cargo flights as early as 2028, with Tesla’s Optimus robots potentially among the first payloads.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payloads
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Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
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Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
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Edison SpA, the Italian electric utility unit under French group EDF, said QatarEnergy extended a force majeure notice, withholding four additional LNG cargoes scheduled for Italy’s Adriatic LNG terminal until early September.
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Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has joined a rush to move cargoes after Middle East producers ramped up oil and gas output and exports ahead of an interim deal to halt the war between the United States and Iran.
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Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted for nearly four months.
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As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.
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This shift reflects a growing belief that self-investment, confidence, and joy are integral to a new, healthier definition of strength, challenging the expectation to always carry the world's burdens.
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American families also shoulder financial burdens that many Dutch families never face.
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Full-body workouts can be completed at home by using your weights on both your ankles and your wrists to perform lower- and upper-body exercises.
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Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
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“Payloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payloads. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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