CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — With weather looking good, SpaceX is gearing up to launch a communications satellite for India on Monday afternoon.
What You Need To Know
- The NSIL GSAT-N2 mission will leave from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to send up the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated the company.
The two-hour window for this launch opens at 1:31 p.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron is predicting about a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions with the only concern being the cumulus cloud rule.
Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
If the launch is scrubbed, the next try will be Tuesday at 4:33 a.m. ET.
Going up
This Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, named B1073, has 18 missions under its belt, including a lunar mission from a joint launch by a private Japanese company and NASA.
- ispace’s HAKUTO-R and NASA’s Lunar Flashlight
- SES-22 telecommunications satellite
- Amazonas Nexus
- CRS-27
- Bandwagon-1
- 13 Starlink satellite missions
After the stage separation, it is set to land on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The GSAT-N2 is a communications satellites from NewSpace India Limited, a government company own by India’s Department of Space.
“GSAT-N2 is set to enhance broadband services and in-flight connectivity (IFC) across the Indian region. This satellite, featuring multiple spot beams and wideband Ka x Ka transponders, aims to support a large subscriber base with small user terminals, significantly boosting system throughput through its multi-beam architecture which allows frequency reuse,” stated the company in a press release in June of this year.
The satellite is expected to have 14 years of mission life to it.
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