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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
SpaceX launched world’s heaviest communications satellite - ‘Telstar 19 Vantage’ satellite, which weighs over
A
6, 500 kg
B
8, 000 kg
C
5, 000 kg
D
7, 000 kg
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Coming in at 15, 600 lbs. (7067 kilograms), its payload, Telstar 19V, was the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever built.

Detailed explanation-2: -The FCC previously authorized SpaceX to launch and operate up to 12, 000 Starlink satellites, including roughly 4, 400 first-generation Ka-band and Ku-band Starlink spacecraft that SpaceX has been launching since 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is USA. SpaceX created yet another record-launch of most number of satellites on a single rocket-when its first smallsat rideshare mission called Transporter-1 successfully launched 143 spacecraft into orbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has successfully launched the Transporter-1 mission, breaking the record for the most number of satellites ever flown on a single rocket.

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