GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) Mission

Mission patch GSAT-20

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

18 Nov, 6:31pm

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Service Provider

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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