# Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2): launch

> Falcon 9 Block 5 by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Flown: Success.

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## Facts

- Launch: Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
- Mission: GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
- Provider: SpaceX
- Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
- Pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): Mon, Nov 18, 18:31 UTC (2024-11-18T18:31:00.000Z)
- Launch window: 2024-11-18 18:31 UTC to 2024-11-18 20:20 UTC
- Status: completed (Launch Library 2: Success)
- Outcome: Success
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: 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.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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