NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) said on January 3 that it had hired the American company SpaceX to use the Falcon 9 rocket to launch an Indian data satellite. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has a business unit called NSIL.

SpaceX’s reliable Falcon 9 rocket will be used for the first time to send an Indian government satellite into space. The mission is set to happen in the second quarter of 2024.

Important Facts About GSAT-20

It is GSAT-20 that will be launched on Falcon 9. It was recently given the name GSAT-N2. It is ISRO‘s newest high-capacity transmission satellite. It weighs 4.7 tons. GSAT-20 is also NSIL’s second satellite project that it has fully paid for.

The Ka-band spectrum is where GSAT-20 will work. It will offer high-throughput satellite capacity mainly for broadband connection and cellular backhaul services. It works all the way across the Indian mainland and the island groups of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

What Ka-Band Is

Radio waves that range from 27 to 40 GHz are called “Ka-band.” Focused spot beams make it possible for high-speed data exchanges over satellites to reach a large area.

Ka-frequencies let smaller satellite dishes be used than with other bands. This lowers the general cost of setting up the system for communication.

Ka-bands are often chosen for satellites because they offer the high bandwidth and data rates that are needed for good performance. The circular polarization also keeps the antenna placement from being too complicated.

The same Ka-band frequency can also be used again by sending different spot beams to different places. This reuse of frequencies makes Ka-band satellite communication systems much more capable and expands their covering area.

It has just the right amount of high frequency, wide bandwidth, frequency reuse, and relatively small parts. Because of this, it works really well with modern satellite-based transmission networks.