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Payload Mass Budget

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Roll up a mission mass budget with subsystem contingencies, propellant, system margin, and launch vehicle capacity.

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Budget summary

Total wet mass
250.4 kg
dry 165.0 kg
Launch margin
9.6 kg
3.7% capacity margin
Contingency

30.8 kg item

19.6 kg system margin

Budget lines

5 items

5 active categories

Mass rollup and launch fit

Contingency and propellant consume launch margin.

The rollup shows how subsystem dry mass grows through contingency, propellant, system margin, and the final launch capacity gate.

9.6 kg remaining

Launch mass envelope

250.4 / 260.0 kg used

Dry mass 165.0 kgItem contingency 30.8 kgPropellant 35.0 kgSystem margin 19.6 kgLaunch margin 9.6 kgLaunch capacity 260.0 kg

Subsystem category load

dry mass plus item contingency

Payload
54.0 kg
Structure
71.3 kg
Power
33.6 kg
Avionics
22.5 kg
Comms
14.4 kg
dry massitem contingency

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