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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch India’s GSAT-N2 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- SpaceX is launching its second customer mission in less than 24 hours, this time launching the Geosynchronous SATellite N2 for NewSpace India Limited.
- The Geosynchronous SATellite N2 (GSAT-N2) is NSIL’s second so-called Demand-driven satellite.
- Monday afternoon’s launch will mark the first time that SpaceX launches a payload for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
- The GSAT-N2 satellite weighs 4,700 kg (10,362 lbs) at liftoff and is designed to last 14 years in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO).
- GSAT-N2 is set to enhance broadband services and in-flight connectivity (IFC) across the Indian region.
- The spacecraft uses monomethylhydrazine (MMH) for fuel and a nitric oxide (MON3) as the oxidizer.
- Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1073 is set to touchdown on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’
- The overall body of the spacecraft is build upon what ISRO calls its standard Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)-based I4K bus.
- This will be the first time SpaceX launches a payload for India, boosting ab ultimately Of India's own domestic launch capability.
- There is a very little concern for any violations due to clouds and 45th Weather Squadron forecast a greater than 95 percent chance of favourable weather at liftoff.
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