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CAS500 4
CAS500 4 [KARI]
The South Korean CAS500-4 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) is a wide area Earth-observation satellite.
Mainly used by the Rural Development Administration and the Korea Forest Service, the CAS500-4 satellite will be equipped with a wide-area electro-optical camera (swath width of 120 km and resolution of 5 m) for observing crops, agricultural water resources, and forest resources.
The satellites will be launched 2023 on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.
| Nation: | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | KARI |
| Contractors: | KARI |
| Equipment: | AEISS-C |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 5 years |
| Mass: | ~500 kg |
| Orbit: | 498 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS500 4 | - | 2025 | ? | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with CAS500 2 |
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