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Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully launched the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-N2 communication satellite, marking a significant milestone in the growing commercial collaboration between ISRO and SpaceX. The launch took place on Tuesday from the Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the advanced satellite into space.

SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Elon Musk, has secured a major contract with India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to launch the GSAT-20 communications satellite. The satellite, which weighs 4,700 kilograms, is too heavy for India’s domestic rockets to carry, making SpaceX the ideal candidate for the task. The launch is set to take place early next week from Cape Canaveral in the United States aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

A SpaceX crew has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, preparing to bring back two astronauts who have been stranded on the station for several months. The Crew-9 mission, aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, made contact with the ISS at 5:30 PM, following its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday afternoon. The mission aims to ferry NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams and her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore back to Earth after their extended stay aboard the ISS.