SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GSAT-20 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 18, 2024
Launch Date: November 18, 2024
Launch Time: 1:31 p.m. ET, 1831 UTC, 19:31 CET
Launch Window: 1:31 p.m. ET til 3:30 p.m. ET
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
Targeted Orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Launch Inclination: East
Launch Status: Nominal delivery to GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit)
Mission: GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Contractor: Indian Space Research Organisation & Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster TBD)
Flight for the Booster: 19
Previous Flights: 18 - SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 13 Starlink missions
Booster Landing: Autonomous Droneship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI)
Price: $69,75 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 meters
Height: 70 meters
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 Kilonnewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meter / Height 13 meter
Stages: 2
SpaceX targets November 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of the GSAT-20 satellites by the Indian Space Research Organisation to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two hour launch window opens at 1:31 p.m. ET, 1831 UTC, 19:31 CET.
This will be the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 13 Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The satellite will be deployed 00:33:58 min after the lift-off.
You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: https://flightclub.io/live
GSAT-20 (also known as CMS-03 or GSAT-N2) is a communication satellite being developed by the Indian Space Research Organization and will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9. The GSAT-20 satellite is funded, owned, and operated by New Space India Limited. The entire capacity onboard CMS-02 satellite will be leased to Dish TV. GSAT-20 will be a continuation of the GSAT series of communication satellites. The satellite is intended to add data transmission capacity to the communication infrastructure required by the Smart Cities Mission of India.
The satellite features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbit/s throughput utilizing 40 beams offering HTS capacity of nearly 48 Gpbs. Each beam will have 2 polarisations, effectively making them 80 beams.
Initially, the satellite was expected to launch in 2024 on an LVM 3 but shifted to Falcon 9 due to the satellite being 700 kg overweight for a successful launch on indigenous platforms.
Hence, the commercial arm of ISRO, New Space India Limited, signed a contract with SpaceX for a possible liftoff in the second quarter of 2024. The SpaceX deal is significant as India relied heavily on the France-led Arianespace consortium to launch its heavy communication satellites, particularly on the now-retired Ariane 5, which ISRO hoped as a backup. The fact that the subsequent few launches of the Ariane 6, its successor having been both booked and delayed for launch, ISRO turned to SpaceX. India's rockets cannot launch very heavy satellites to the geostationary orbit beyond the 4-ton class, a problem that is planned to be fixed with the introduction of the NGLV.
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