| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-18, 18:31 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-18, 13:31 (EST) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1073-19 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | GSAT-20 | | Customer | NewSpace India Limited | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMwbJidG4BA | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKerzlu_kH8 | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkba5htG-Hg | The Launch Pad | none | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1858575637319155938 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6m_rnzprWI
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 55th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 4 days, 5:10:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 46th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 97th landing on JRTI
☑️ 375th Falcon family booster landing, 383rd Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 113th Falcon 9 mission this year, 399th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 115th SpaceX mission of 2024, 415th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 118th SpaceX launch this year, 431st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
GSAT-20 is a communication satellite jointly being developed by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre and Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre. GSAT-20 will be a continuation of GSAT series of communication satellites. The satellite is intended to add data transmission capacity to the communication infrastructure required by Smart Cities Mission of India.
