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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GSAT-20 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 18, 2024

Launch Date: November 18, 2024 Launch Time: 1:31 p.m. ET, 1831 UTC, 19:31 CET Launch Window: 1:31 p.m. ET til 3:30 p.m. ET Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA Targ...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with satellite for India

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the GSAT N2 (GSAT 20) communications satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SL...

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GSAT-20 is a communication satellite jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Centre and Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre. GSAT-20 will be a continuation of GSAT se...

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GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 99%
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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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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 18, 2024, 7:19 p.m.

Launch success with satellite in contact.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 18, 2024, 7:06 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 18, 2024, 6:31 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Nov. 18, 2024, 6:12 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Nosu • Nov. 17, 2024, 1:39 p.m.

Weather is >95% favorable for launch.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
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  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info


B1073

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: May 14, 2022
Last Flight: January 30, 2025
Flights: 21
Landings Attempted: 20
Landings Successful: 20
Previous B1073 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1073 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 19th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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