• Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched India's most advanced communications satellite, GSAT-20, from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. The satellite will provide broadband services in remote areas and in-flight internet in passenger aircraft.
• GSAT-20 is a 4,700 kg fully commercial satellite with a mission life of 14 years. It was launched on a standard Falcon 9 B-5 rocket, which is 70 meters long and weighs around 549 tonnes.
• The satellite was placed in orbit by India's Master Control Facility at Hassan, and will be raised to its final home 36,000 kilometers above India in a few days.
• This is the first time ISRO has launched a satellite on a SpaceX rocket through its commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL). It is also the first time ISRO has built a satellite that only uses the advanced Ka band frequency, which enables higher bandwidth.