Elon Musks SpaceX launched the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)s most sophisticated communications satellite, which will provide broadband services in remote areas and in-flight Internet in passenger aircraft.
The satellite was set off for its 34-minute journey into outer space onboard Elon Musk-owned SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 rocket was lifted off at 12.01 am from Space Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in USs Florida.
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Hoping to see the launch go well. And all the best to the team, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said in a recorded message available to the media.
Since the satellite weighed 4,700 kg and was too heavy for Indian rockets to carry, it necessitated a foreign commercial launch.
The launch pad has been hired by SpaceX from the US Space Force. The mission life of GSAT-N2 is 14 years.
This is the first time that ISRO is launching a satellite on a SpaceX rocket through its commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSIL).
