A Low-Cost Launch Assistance System for Orbital Launch Vehicles

Table 6

NASA standard balloon sizes.

Volume, m^3	Balloon weight, kg	Suspended weight, kg	Equipment weight, kg	Ballast weight for 12 h flight, kg	Ballast weight, kg for 36 h flight, kg	Nominal altitude, km	Sensitivity, m/kg
328475	776	953	184	100	315	36.6	4.5
328475	1461	2495	295	238	714	30.5	2.2
659783	1701	1950	272	215	658	36.6	1.7
*804198	1522	1361	227	170	522	39.6	2.2
804198	2066	2495	295	272	828	36.6	1.8

∗Model selected for mass budget calculations.