Nov. 18 (UPI) — SpaceX on Monday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket of the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission.
The liftoff into its geosynchronous transfer orbit took place on time at 1:31 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The two-hour launch window opened at 1:31 p.m. ET and had a back-up time of 4:33 a.m. ET the next day on Tuesday.
The launch carried a communications satellite for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a government-run company and the commercial arm for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
This represented the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster.
After its first stage separation, it is anticipated to land on an awaiting drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
It previously launched the SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1 and at least 13 other successful Starlink missions.
This followed Sunday’s initial “top secret” Falcon 9 rocket mission that saw the launch of what SpaceX called the mission “TD7” reportedly lifting a “communications satellite” that was styled as “Optus-X.”
