Engineering:CAS500
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Mission type | Earth observation |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 500 kg (1,100 lb) |
Dimensions | 1.9 m x 1.9 m x 2.9 m |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 22 March 2021, 06:07:12 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 31/6 |
Contractor | Glavkosmos |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 97.7 degrees |
Period | 15 orbits/day |
CAS500, or the Compact Advanced Satellite 500, is a prototype 500-kilogram class South Korea Earth observation satellite.[1][2]It is in a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit, inclined by 97.7 degrees or 15 orbits/day.
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