Success
GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
GTOorbit
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.
Monday, November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-38:00GO for Prop Load
- T-35:00Prop Load
- T-35:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-16:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-01:00Startup
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:11Max-Q
- T+02:26MECO
- T+02:30Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:36SES-1
- T+03:17Fairing Separation
- T+06:13Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:39Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+07:55Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+07:56SECO-1
- T+08:20Stage 1 Landing
- T+26:41SES-2
- T+27:47SECO-2
- T+33:58Payload Separation
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,807
SpX Mission
#429
Pad Launch
#273
Location Launch
#987
Designator
2024-214
Weather GO
99%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch Window
NET
Nov 18, 2024, 6:31 PM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Nov 18, 2024, 7:19 PM
Launch success with satellite in contact.
Source - Nov 18, 2024, 7:06 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Source - Nov 18, 2024, 6:31 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Nov 18, 2024, 6:12 PM
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Source - Nov 17, 2024, 1:39 PM
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Source - Nov 16, 2024, 10:13 PM
Setting GO
Source - Nov 13, 2024, 10:52 PM
Updated launch window.
Source - Nov 13, 2024, 2:10 PM
Tweaked launch window.
Source - Nov 12, 2024, 11:50 PM
Moved up to November 18.
Source - Nov 11, 2024, 5:51 AM
Targeting November 19.
Source - Nov 9, 2024, 7:20 AM
Changed launch pad.
Source - Sep 21, 2024, 2:45 AM
NET November.
Source - Sep 4, 2024, 2:22 AM
NET end-of-2024.
Source - Jun 19, 2024, 5:30 AM
NET August.
Source - Jun 19, 2024, 3:29 AM
NET 2nd half of 2024.
Source - Jan 2, 2024, 4:06 PM
Payload moved to Falcon 9, targeting Q2 2024 for launch
Source
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.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Nov 18, 2024, 1:31 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778