GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX · Cape Canaveral SFS
- Launch (UTC)
- Nov 18, 2024, 18:31 UTC
- Outcome
- Launched successfully
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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.