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GSat 20 [ISRO]
GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite.
GSAT 20 is built on the Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)-based I-4K 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 (2) launch. In early 2024 a launch contract with SpaceX for a launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) was signed.
| Nation: | India |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Insat |
| Contractors: | ISRO |
| Equipment: | Ka-band high throughput payload |
| Configuration: | I-4K (I-4000) Bus |
| Propulsion: | electric propulsion |
| Power: | 2 solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 14 years |
| Mass: | 4700 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSat 20 (GSat N2) | 2024-214A | 18.11.2024 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
Launch Sites:
- CC = Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Further GSat missions:
- GSat 1 [I-2K]
- GSat 2 [I-2K]
- GSat 3 (EduSat) [I-2K]
- GSat 4 (HealthSat) [I-2K]
- GSat 5 [I-2K]
- GSat 5P [I-2K]
- GSat 6, 6A [I-2K]
- GSat 7 [I-2K]
- GSat 7A [I-2K]
- GSat 7R (CMS 03) [I-4K Bus]
- GSat 8 [I-3K]
- GSat 9 (South Asian Satellite) [I-2K]
- GSat 10 [I-3K]
- GSat 11 [I-6K]
- GSat 12, 12R (CMS 01) [I-1K]
- GSat 14 [I-2K]
- GSat 15 [I-3K]
- GSat 16 [I-3K]
- GSat 17 [I-3K]
- GSat 18 [I-3K]
- GSat 19 [I-3K]
- GSat 20 (GSat N2) [I-4K]
- GSat 22 [I-3K]
- GSat 23 [I-3K]
- GSat 24 (GSat N1, CMS 02) [I-3K]
- GSat 29 [I-3K]
- GSat 30 [I-3K]
- GSat 31 [I-2K]
- GSat 32 (GSat N3) [I-8K]
