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GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region. It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite which can be five to six times more efficient than chemical-based propulsion. It will be the first ISRO made satellite to move from Geostationary transfer orbit to Geosynchronous orbit using Electric Propulsion.
Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.
max cloud-top 5810 m above freezing 4650 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5810 m, mean 5521 m, 100% cover, freezing 4650 m · METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ FEW034 OVC160 26/24 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW"