Payload

Rarity: Uncommon

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

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 an aircraft or launch vehicle, usually measured in terms of weight.

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Image: NASA/George Shelton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.