SpaceX’s Falcon-9 deploys India’s GSAT-N2 satellite into orbit
India’s first collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the country’s GSAT-N2 communication satellite launched, enhancing broadband services and in-flight connectivity across India
India’s GSAT-N2 (GSAT-2 communication satellite was successfully launched by SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket in the early hours of November 19, 2024.
After lifting off at 12.01 a.m. (Indian Standard Time) from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-4 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Falcon-9 put the GSAT-N2 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. This is India’s first collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
