India joins hands with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its most advanced satellite next week — How will GSAT-20 work?

SpaceX has secured a deal to launch the ISRO-developed GSAT-20 communications satellite next week — the first commercial collaboration between the two organisations. The development comes even as billionaire businessman Elon Musk — set to play a key role under the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump — lobbies for the Starlink satellite internet service run by SpaceX to be approved for use in India. The country has also signed a separate seal with the US-based company to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station.