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CAS500 1, 2
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 |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | KARI |
| Contractors: | KARI |
| Equipment: | AEISS-C |
| Configuration: | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS500 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 | - | 2025 | ? | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with CAS500 4 |
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