Experimental studies are carried out to investigate the effects of the geometrical parameters with a drag reducing spike on a hemispherical forebody in a supersonic freestream of M ∞ = 2.0 at 0 • angle of attack. The spike length (l/D = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0), spike stem diameter (d/D = 0.06, 0.12, 0.18), and spike tip shapes are varied and their influence on the time-averaged, and time-resolved flow field are examined. When l/D increases, a significant reduction in drag (c d ) is achieved at l/D = 1.5, whereas the variation in d/D has only a minor effect. The intensity of the shock-related unsteadiness is reduced with an increase in d/D to d/D = 0.18, whereas changes in l/D have a negligible effect. The effects of spike tip geometry are studied by replacing the sharp spike tip with a hemispherical one having three different base shapes (vertical base, circular base, and elliptical base). Hemispherical spike tip with a vertical base is performing better by reducing c d and flow unsteadiness. The dominant Spatio-temporal mode arising due to the shock-related unsteadiness is represented through modal analysis of time-resolved shadowgraph images and the findings are consistent with the other measurements.