• New Space India Limited (NSIL) will launch GSAT-20 (renamed as GSAT-N2), on-board SpaceX’s Falcon-9 during the second quarter of 2024.

ABOUT GSAT-20

• The GSAT-20 is a high- throughput Ka-band Satellite (HTS) which will be fully owned, operated and funded by NSIL.
• GSAT-20, weighing 4700 kg, offers Ka-Ka band HTS capacity with 32 beams having Pan-India coverage including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
• The satellite offers an HTS capacity of nearly 48Gpbs.
• It has been specifically designed to meet the demanding service needs of remote and unconnected regions.

ABOUT FALCON 9

• Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX, the Elon Musk-founded company, for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond.
• Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket.

ABOUT NSIL

• NSIL is a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Department of Space.
• It is commercial arm of ISRO.
• NSIL was mandated to build, launch, own and operate satellites in “Demand-driven mode” to meet service needs of the user.