17Photo© hindustantimes.comMusk’s SpaceX to help India launch heavyweight satellite on Tuesday
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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch India's heavy communication satellite, Gsat-20, on November 19th. Weighing over 4 tonnes, the satellite exceeds the capacity of India's current launchers, necessitating the use of SpaceX's Falcon-9. This comes as Arianespace lacks available slots and other options remain unviable.
“ There are plans to increase the capabilities of ISRO and the activities are going on,
K. Sivan,
ISRO depended on SpaceX to launch GSAT-N2 as its existing capability…
“ Hoping to see the launch go well. And all the best to the team,
S. Somanath,
“Go Falcon. Go GSAT-20”: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Indian Satellite
“ We got a good deal on this maiden launch with SpaceX,
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
ISRO to launch GSAT-20 communications satellite using Elon Musk’s…