wiki Word: Payload

 

 

 

Definition: the passengers, equipment, or satellites carried by a spacecraft

 

 A rocket's job is usually to take something up to space, the payload. It can be anything from a satellite to humans. How do you think the all of the satellites for radio, television, and other things get up there? 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why are we studying this term? How does this term apply to any of our class labs or the real world?

 

 

 

"Payload." Encarta World English Dictionary. 2007. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.. 12 Feb 2008 <http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861724347/payload.html>.  

 

Orginal Author:  (first name, last initial and class period)

 Meredith B 03
 

 

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