GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
18 Nov, 6:31pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
B1073
19th flight (25d since last use)
Landing
Drone Ship (Just Read the Instructions)
Success
Mission
GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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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Last Update: Launch success with satellite in contact.
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