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CAS500 3 [KARI]
The South Korean CAS500-3 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500 3) is a technology verification Earth-observation satellite.
The CAS500-3 satellite will be mainly used by the Ministry of Science and ICT for space technology verification and space science research.
It will be launched by the Korean launch vehicle Nuri.
| Nation: | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | KARI |
| Contractors: | KARI |
| Equipment: | AEISS-C |
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| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 1 years |
| Mass: | ~500 kg |
| Orbit: | 498 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| CAS500 3 (KOMPSAT-NEXT 3) | 2025-274F | 26.11.2025 | Na LP-2 | Nuri (KSLV-2) | with CAS500 3, E3T 1, BEE 1000, ETRISat, SNUGlITE 3A, 3B, Sejong 4, COSMIC, INHA-RoSAT, JACK 003, 004, K-HERO, PERSAT 01, SPIRONE |
Launch Sites:
- Na = Naro Space Center, Goheung County, South Jeolla, South Korea
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