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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 429th launch · 118th this year · humanity's 6,807th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Nov 18, 18:31 – Nov 18, 20:20 UTC
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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.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
- B1073 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-61 · zone record 156/157
Watch
- SpaceX GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GSAT-20 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 18, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with satellite for India — Spaceflight Now
- 🔴 FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Launches GSAT-20 — NASASpaceflight
- NSIL GSAT-N2 Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M17SFairing Separation
- T+6M13SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M39SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M56SSECO-1
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+26M41SSES-2
- T+27M47SSECO-2
- T+33M58SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success with satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2024 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/18/2024 · source
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Nosu · 11/17/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 11/16/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2024 · source
Moved up to November 18.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2024 · source
Targeting November 19.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/11/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Nov 18, 1:31 PM EST
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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