Questions tagged [payload]
Questions regarding equipment or other material to be transported during space exploration.
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Did the ISS CREAM experiment actually get relocated?
A recent update (May 22) to the database for the NASA visualization tool DOUG shows that the CREAM payload has been relocated to the top of the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized ...
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What is the significance of a heat flux value of 1135 W/m^2 when jettisoning the payload fairing? [duplicate]
I have seen that many rockets jettison their payload fairing at an altitude where the aerothermal heatflux is leass than or equal to 1135 W/m^2. What is the reason behind considering this particular ...
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What are the safe structural elements of spacecraft that could be used for on-orbit capture?
I know this depends on the general configuration of a spacecraft, but I am hoping to gain some insights. Assuming you have a servicer spacecraft with an abstracted capture mechanism (i.e., end ...
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Has Spacex released any reports describing how they are going to secure the payload on Starship?
SpaceX has announced that Starship will be able to lift around 100 to 150 tons of cargo into Leo. When the spacecraft is landing or taking off you don’t want the payload just floating insecurely in a ...
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Does the payload capacity of an interplanetary launch rocket increase with decreasing fuel mass or with increasing escape velocity?
Does the payload capacity of an interplanetary launch rocket increase with decreasing fuel mass or with increasing escape velocity? I was thinking that the escape velocity has nothing to do with it ...
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Dosimeter in a CubeSat
I heard that a dosimeter could be used to detect cosmic ray particles and estimate the radiation dose received by the devices onboard. In this way, one can determine the average amount of ionising ...
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Radio Pollution Payload for CubeSat
I was thinking of a spectrum analyzer as a radio pollution monitoring payload (for a CubeSat) that aims at making a global map of spectrum usage.
My question is: Of which spectrum range can a CubeSat ...
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Inclination vs payload capacity of a rocket
I am learning about Space exploration and I have the following question:
When you are launching a rocket into space with maximal inclination, is the payload capacity then the highest?
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Is the critical inclination the same on every planet in the solar system?
I am learning about Space exploration.
Is the critical inclination the same on every planet (in the solar system) or does it depend on the planet?
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How much mass will Artemis landers deliver to the moon?
Is there an estimate of the mass Artemis Landers must be able to deliver to the Lunar surface? I am interested in the total mass - vehicle and payload on arrival - as well as a breakdown of how much ...
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Why weren't super heavy lift launch vehicles used for deep space missions?
According to this PDF Cassini-HuygensPDF, we would need to launch 70 tons if we wanted to do a Saturn transfer orbit from a low earth orbit. It says that there are no vehicles in NASA’s stable even ...
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Why do we launch similar payloads on different models of rocket?
Why don’t we just use one launch vehicle to carry different payloads? For example, to launch payloads in the size range of supplies for a Martian base or something made to destroy a Dimorphos size ...
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Why hasn’t SpaceX sent anything to Mars yet?
SpaceX has the rockets to send some payload to Mars. The Falcon heavy can carry up to 16.8 tons to Mars according to this answer: Why can Falcon Heavy bring 4.2 times as much mass to Mars than F9, but ...
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Have there been any rockets whose payload fairings consisted of more than two parts?
Most cargo rockets, such as Falcon 9, Delta IV, and many others, incorporate payload fairings to protect payloads from aero forces and heating during ascent. All of these rockets' fairings split in ...
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Could a third stage be added to Starship?
SpaceX has predicted that Starship will be able to lift up to 150 tons to LEO. Could some of the payload that it will carry have a third stage? If so could that save another flight of Starship since ...
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