Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & Others

Status

Success

CAS500-1 & Others

Launch Time
Mon Mar 22, 2021 06:07 UTC

First launch fully commercialized by GK Launch Services. First Catalan and Tunisian satellite to be launched. First white Soyuz to be launched since IRS-1B in 1991.

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Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

Image Credit: Roscosmos

GK LS

Status: Active

Price: $23.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN

Payload to LEO: 7,020 kg

Payload to GTO: 2,810 kg

Stages: 4

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 46.94 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m

Fairing Height: 10.2 m

Details

Mission Details

CAS500-1

The South Korean CAS500 1 and 2 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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 500.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Other payloads

Other payloads were flown on this mission:
- ELSA-D
- GRUS (x4)
- NAJM-1
- DMSAT-1
- Adelis-SAMSON 1 à 3
- Kepler 6 & 7
- NANOSATC-BR2
- KMSL
- Pumbaa & Timon
- BEESat 5 à 8
- Hiber 3
- UniSat 7
- NIU VShE — DZZ
- Sirius-NRU CubeSat
- Zorkiy
- SIMBA
- GRBAlpha Spacecraft
- Open Cosmos (x2)
- KSU CubeSat
- Challenge One

Payloads: 31

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

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Stats

2021

23rd orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1a

52nd mission

2nd mission of 2021

50th successful mission

30th consecutive successful mission