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What is the difference in weight carrying capacities of the space shuttle vs Falcon 9?
by sidcool 6y ago
What is the difference in weight carrying capacities of the space shuttle vs Falcon 9?
- dredmorbius 6y agoLEO payload mass for the Falcon 9 heavy, fully-expended (no booster recovery) is 63,800 kg. With booster recovery, 30,000–57,000 kg. For the Space Shuttle it was 24,400 kg. The total mass boosted by the shuttle was higher, but much of that was the orbiter itself, not usable payload.