Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) mission for SpaceX from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on Nov 18, 2024 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Launched Nov 19, 2024 3:31:00 AMSuccess
1 object in orbit now
Flight direction
90° E
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 0.1°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the 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.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Tue, Nov 19 · 3:31:00 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- GTO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA