Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s most sophisticated communications satellite, which will provide broadband services in remote areas and in-flight Internet in passenger aircraft.

The satellite was set off for its 34-minute journey into outer space onboard Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.

The Falcon 9 rocket was lifted off at 12.01 am from Space Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in US's Florida.

"Hoping to see the launch go well. And all the best to the team," ISRO Chairman S Somanath said in a recorded message available to the media.

Since the satellite weighed 4,700 kg and was too heavy for Indian rockets to carry, it necessitated a foreign commercial launch.

The launch pad has been hired by SpaceX from the US Space Force. The mission life of GSAT-N2 is 14 years.

This is the first time that ISRO is launching a satellite on a SpaceX rocket through its commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSIL).