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A Low-Cost Launch Assistance System for Orbital Launch Vehicles
Table 6
NASA standard balloon sizes.
| Volume, m3 | 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 |
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Model selected for mass budget calculations.
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