CAS500-3 & Others

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:13:00

Wednesday November 26, 2025

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CAS500-3

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.

Manufacturer: Korea Aerospace Industries

Operator: Korea Aerospace Administration

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

500 kilograms

Cubesat Rideshares

This launch also carries 12 cubesats as rideshares: - SPIRONE by Sejong University - PERSAT01 by Quaternion - COSMIC by Spacerotech - JACK-003 & JACK-004 by Cosmoworks - INHA-RoSAT by Inha University - K-HERO by KAIST - SEJONG-4 by Hancom InSpace - SNUGLITE-III by Seoul National University - BEE-1000 by Space Lintech - ETRISat by ETRI - E3_TESTER_KARI-1 by KARI

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

12 Payloads

Rocket

Active
KSLV-2

Active Since 2021

Korea Aerospace Research Institute logo

Agency

KARI

Rocket

Height: 47.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,500 kg

GTO: 550 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,620 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.3m

Stages

3

Launch Site

General Trajectory

SE

SW

Launching

South

LC-2

Naro Space Center, South Korea

Fastest Turnaround

242 days 23 hours

Stats

KSLV-2


4th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2025

Korea Aerospace Research Institute


7th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2025

2025


280th

Orbital launch attempt