Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches ISRO’s GSAT-N2 communication satellite in a first for India

Elon Musk led SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched India’s heavy communication satellite GSAT-20 (GSAT N-2) from Cape Canaveral in the US in the early hours of November 19.

The Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:01am on November 19 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and put the NSIL’s GSAT-N2 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40). It is India’s first collaboration with Musk’s SpaceX.