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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who successfully completes two Falcon 9 landings in one weekend?
A
Carto Sat
B
Brahmos
C
Space X
D
Agni -III
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Falcon 9 first-stage boosters landed successfully in 170 of 181 attempts (93.9%), with 142 out of 147 (96.6%) for the Falcon 9 Block 5 version. A total of 146 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their payloads.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since the rocket’s debut in 2010, SpaceX has chalked up 194 Falcon 9 launches overall-198 including four triple-core Falcon Heavies-putting together a string of 179 straight successful flights since the company’s only in-flight failure in 2015.

Detailed explanation-3: -Flight 20 took off at 20:29 EST on December 21, 2015 (01:29 UTC on December 22, 2015). About 9 minutes and 45 seconds later, the first stage landed vertically on the pad. SpaceX did not fly the Falcon 9 flight 20 first stage again.

Detailed explanation-4: -In total 36 recovered boosters have been refurbished and subsequently flown at least a second time, the leading boosters have flown 13 to 15 missions.

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