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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)

November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) launch image
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November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.5619, -80.5774

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch probability
99%
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November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM UTC
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November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM UTC
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November 20, 2024 at 6:09 AM UTC

Mission description

GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region. It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite which can be five to six times more efficient than chemical-based propulsion. It will be the first ISRO made satellite to move from Geostationary transfer orbit to Geosynchronous orbit using Electric Propulsion.

Weather concern: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon · Block 5

Height

70 m

Diameter

3.65 m

LEO capacity

22,800 kg

Successful launches

624

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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Mission updates

Launch success with satellite in contact.

November 18, 2024 at 7:19 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Spacecraft separation.

November 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Liftoff.

November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

November 18, 2024 at 6:12 PM UTC · LL2

Weather is >95% favorable for launch.

November 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM UTC · Nosu