India's space agency successfully completed its 16th mission of the year on Thursday morning, deploying the GSAT-32 satellite into geosynchronous orbit.
The mission, launched at 04:15 IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, marks a significant milestone in expanding telecommunications bandwidth.
The satellite will add crucial capacity for telecommunications across South Asia, with particular benefits for remote regions of the North-East.
Mission director Dr. K. Sivan said the launch went exactly to plan and the satellite has been positioned correctly.