Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
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.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1073
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 19
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-18T19:19:00+0000
Launch success with satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-18T19:06:00+0000
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-18T18:31:00+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-11-18T18:12:00+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Nosu
2024-11-17T13:39:00+0000
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Nosu
2024-11-16T22:13:00+0000
Setting GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-13T22:52:00+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-13T14:10:00+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-12T23:50:00+0000
Moved up to November 18.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-11T05:51:00+0000
Targeting November 19.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-09T07:20:00+0000
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-21T02:45:00+0000
NET November.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-04T02:22:14+0000
NET end-of-2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T05:30:01+0000
NET August.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T03:29:36+0000
NET 2nd half of 2024.
hitura-nobad
2024-01-02T16:06:19+0000
Payload moved to Falcon 9, targeting Q2 2024 for launch
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