Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & CAS500-4
Programma
Pad
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Rocket
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Full Name: Falcon 9 Block 5
Maiden Flight: 2018-05-11
Total Launch Count: 444
Successful Launches: 443
Failed Launches: 1
Mission
Mission Name: CAS500-2 & CAS500-4
Type: Earth Science
Description: CAS500-2 is the second of two similar South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. CAS500-4 is a wide area Earth-observation satellite with a wide-area electro-optical camera (swath width of 120 km and resolution of 5 m) to be mainly used by the Rural Development Administration and the Korea Forest Service for observing crops, agricultural water resources and forest resources.
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Updates
spacevogel
2021-01-31T10:17:10ZLaunch NET 2022 due to payload readiness
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-04T18:02:39ZNew launch contract with SpaceX confirmed following previous contract voided due to Ukraine-Russia war.