2024 · SpaceX
GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
successFalcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 18, 2024 at 06:31 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Mission
- GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit