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> mT Is that millitonnes, more commonly known as kilograms?
by J_Darnley 10y ago
> mT
Is that millitonnes, more commonly known as kilograms?
- xenophonf 10y agoI think that means metric tons, which gives a much more reasonable payload size of 6400 kg.
- lisivka 10y agoIt cannot be metric ton, because "mT" is not a SI unit.
- tomswartz07 10y agoIt's metric ton, as in one thousand kilograms. That's to illustrate the difference between an imperial ton, which is 2000 lbs (or ~907kg).
- gregmac 10y ago> It's metric ton, as in one thousand kilograms. Or (unfortunately not) better known as one megagram.
- xenophonf 10y agoIt cannot be 6.4 kilograms, because the launch mass of the average geosynchronous satellite is on the order of 5000 kg, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSS-7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSS-7, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_901 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_901, http://www.ilslaunch.com/node/4289 http://www.ilslaunch.com/node/4289 (Inmarsat 5-F2).
- brajesh 10y agometric ton (1000 kg)
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- lisivka 10y agoIt is milli-teslas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_%28unit%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_%28unit%29