GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)

GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)

Falcon 9 APR TBD 2025

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) Mission from Pad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD Florida, United States.

Last updated: May 10, 2024

Launch Information

Launch Information

Launch Vehicle Details

Mission NameGSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Launch SitePad TBD, Cape Canaveral / KSC TBD, Florida, United States
Launch VehicleFalcon 9
AgencySpaceX
Launch DateAPR TBD 2025
GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is built on the I-3K unified modular bus with electric only propulsion. It features a Ka × Ka high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing 32 spot beams with each 2 polarisations providing broadband services across the Indian region.The satellite was originally planned to be launched not before 2020 on a GSLV Mk.3 (2) launch vehicle, but was brought forward to a 2019 launch on an Ariane-5ECA+ but had in 2021 reverted back to a GSLV Mk.3 launch. In early 2024 a launch contract with SpaceX for a launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) was signed.

Launch Vehicle - Falcon 9

Height70 m / 229.6 ft
Diameter3.7 m / 12 ft
Mass549054 Kg / 1207920 lb
Stages2
Payload To LEO22800 Kg / 50265 lb
Payload To GTO8300 Kg / 18300 lb
Payload To Mars4020 Kg / 8860 lb
Burn Time397 sec
PropellantLOX / RP-1
Number Of Engine1 vacuum