Mission record

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

Falcon 9· Space Launch Complex 40· Success
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:31:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6807 ever
Go probability
99%
Weather
Cumulus Cloud Rule

Mission

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.

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