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November 18, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 GSAT-20 satellite

Launched: 1:31 PM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Booster: B1073, 19 Flight
Payload: ISRO's GSAT-20 satellite
Target orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Payload mass: Approximately 4,700 kg

Viewing Site: Kennedy Space Center, FL

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GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite.
GSAT 20 is built on the I-6k unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region.

It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite (5 - 6 ties more efficient than chemical-based propulsion.

Booster history: SL 4-15, SES-22, SL 4-26, SL 4-35, Hakuto-R Mission 1, Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, SL 6-2, SL 5-11, SL 6-12, SL 6-27, SL 6-37, SL 6-41, Bandwagon-1, SL 6-58, SL 8-9, SL 10-7, SL 6-61.
Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'Just Read The Instructions' (JRTI)
Fairing recovery: Cargo Ship 'Bob'

SpaceX Stats:
118th launch of the year and the 10th launch of the month.

397th orbital flight for Falcon 9.
217th launch from SLC-40.
97th landing on JRTI.
30th successful landing without fail.
xx launch dedicated to Starlink.

Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)