Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-18, 18:31
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
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMwbJidG4BA
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKerzlu_kH8
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1858575637319155938
The Space Devs

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.