Moment Elon Musk's SpaceX Launched India's GSAT-N2 Satellite for In-Flight WiFi Revolution | WATCH

New Delhi: Elon Musk's widely renowned Space X on Tuesday successfully launched India's most vanced communication satellite, GSAT-N2, from Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida using former's Falcon 9 rocket.

This marks a big achievement following first of many commercial collaborations between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and SpaceX. This is also first time that Indian space agency launched a satellite on a SpaceX rocket through its commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSIL).

launch took place at around one minute past midnight when GSAT-N2 set off for its 34-minute journey into outer space on board Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on its 396th flight.

Rhakrishnan Durairaj, Chairman and Managing Director of New Space India Limited, commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told media "Launch successful." Meanwhile, Durairaj who monitored flight from Cape Canaveral told media that GSAT 20 got a very precise orbit.

Space X owner Elon Musk also shared a video of launch of Indian communication satellite which aims to provide broband services in remote areas and in-flight Internet in passenger aircraft.

What is GSAT-20 Satellite?

GSAT-20 or GSAT-N2 (GSAT-20) is a 4700 kg Ka-band high-throughput communication satellite used to enhance broband services and in-flight connectivity (IFC) across Indian region.

This satellite features multiple spot beams and wideband Ka x Ka transponders, which aim to support a large subscriber base with small user terminals, and significantly boost system throughout its multi-beam architecture.

It has a mission life of 14 years and is equipped with 32 user beams, comprised of 8 narrow spot beams over Norast region and 24 wide spot beams over rest of India.

Indian space agency has previously relied on French commercial launch service provider Arianespace for such heavy satellite launches.

However, company currently does not have any operational rockets at present and with no current options from Russia due to Ukraine conflict, and China amid off-limits, SpaceX seemed best available option for India.