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CAS500 1 [KARI]
The South Korean CAS500-1 and CAS500-2 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) space vehicles are Earth-observation models that will image the Earth in panchromatic and multispectral modes using the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) payload.
The CAS500 satellites will feature the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode.
The satellites will be launched 2020 on two Soyuz-2-1a Fregat rockets from Baikonur.
The second satellite was to be launched in 2022 also on a Russian Soyuz-2-1a Fregat rocket. Due to sactions because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the launch on a Russian launch vehicle was cancelled.
| Nation: | South Korea |
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| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | KARI |
| Contractors: | KARI |
| Equipment: | AEISS-C |
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| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 4 years |
| Mass: | ~500 kg |
| Orbit: | 498 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| CAS500 1 (KOMPSAT-NEXT 1) | 2021-022A | 22.03.2021 | Ba LC-31/6 | Soyuz-2-1a Fregat | with ELSA-d Servicer, ELSA-d Client, GRUS 1B, ..., 1E, Najm 1, DMSat 1, UniSat 7, BCCSAT 1, FEES, DIY 1, SMOG 1, STECCO, SAMSON 1, 2, 3, Kepler 6, 7, NanoSatC-Br 2, KMSL, CANYVAL-C 1, 2, BeeSat 5, ..., 8, Hiber 3, CubeSX-HSE, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE, Orbicraft-Zorkiy, WildTrackCube-SIMBA, GRBAlpha, 3B5GSAT, LacunaSat 2b, ChallengeOne, KSU-Cubesat | |
| CAS500 2 (KOMPSAT-NEXT 2) | 2026-100AK | 03.05.2026 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with CAS500 2, Pelican 7, 8, 9, EarthDaily 2, ..., 7, ICEYE X78, X82, IRIDE-MS2-HEO 7, 10, ..., 15, Lynk Tower 7, 8, Drishti, Eycore 1, JEN 1, Jackal 0004, Balkan 2, BusanSat, BRO 21, FOREST 16, ..., 19, Helios, Selene, QUBE 2, Hydra 3, PEARL 1A, 1B, Raven, BSLT 3, FrontierSat, Gemini-Pollux, NuLink 1, 2, SNAPPY |
Launch Sites:
- Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, Kazakhstan
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
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