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GK Launch ServicesSoyuz 2.1a Fregat-M31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
CAS500-1 & rideshare
Launched
March 22, 2021
Summary
CAS500-1 & rideshare launched on a GK Launch Services Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M from 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on March 22, 2021. It was GK Launch Services's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,060th orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). CAS500-1, one of 39 catalogued objects, reached a 495 × 517 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 39 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Launch coverage of CAS500-1 spacecraft with Smallsats and Cubesats.GK Launch Services
- Трансляция пуска с космодрома Байконур ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1а»Роскосмос ТВ
- [발사연기] 차세대중형위성 1호 발사 생중계한국항공우주연구원 KARI TV
- Vehicle
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M · GK Launch Services
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 15th Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flight · 1st this yearGK Launch Services's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,060th orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
CAS500-1 · NORAD 47932 · 2021-022 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 39 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-022A
- Epoch
- 2021-03-22 08:05:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.22268471 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001563
- Inclination
- 97.4031°
- Ascending node
- 345.0417°
- Arg. of perigee
- 262.8295°
- Mean anomaly
- 222.5722°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
39 catalogued: 39 payloads; 8 still in orbit
- CAS500-1 · NORAD 47932 · in orbit
- GRUS-1C · NORAD 47933 · in orbit
- GRUS-1B · NORAD 47934 · in orbit
- GRUS-1E · NORAD 47935 · in orbit
- Suisen · NORAD 47936 · in orbit
- DMSat-1 · NORAD 47940 · re-entered April 15, 2025
- WildTrackCube-SIMBA · NORAD 47941 · re-entered March 6, 2026
- Hiber 3 · NORAD 47942 · re-entered February 4, 2025
- ELSA-d Chaser · NORAD 47944 · re-entered July 27, 2025
- Unisat 7 · NORAD 47945 · in orbit
- LS-2 · NORAD 47948 · re-entered April 27, 2024
- C3PO · NORAD 47949 · re-entered September 27, 2024
Show 27 more payloads
- NanoSatC-Br 2 · NORAD 47950 · re-entered January 15, 2025
- Sirius-DZZ · NORAD 47951 · re-entered June 10, 2025
- NIU VsHE-DZZ · NORAD 47952 · re-entered June 7, 2025
- KSU-Cubesat · NORAD 47954 · re-entered April 15, 2025
- Rocinante · NORAD 47955 · re-entered November 6, 2024
- ChallengeOne · NORAD 47956 · re-entered May 6, 2025
- BEESAT 6 · NORAD 47957 · re-entered July 14, 2024
- KMSL · NORAD 47958 · re-entered June 5, 2026
- GRBAlpha · NORAD 47959 · re-entered June 10, 2025
- OrbiKraft-Zorkiy · NORAD 47960 · re-entered April 19, 2025
- 3B5GSAT · NORAD 47961 · re-entered July 25, 2024
- STECCO · NORAD 47962 · re-entered August 15, 2024
- DIY-OSCAR-111 · NORAD 47963 · re-entered July 22, 2023
- Magyar-OSCAR-110 · NORAD 47964 · re-entered July 28, 2024
- BCCSAT-1 · NORAD 48041 · re-entered September 19, 2024
- FEES · NORAD 48082 · re-entered February 14, 2024
- BEESAT 5 · NORAD 48083 · re-entered June 16, 2024
- BEESAT 7 · NORAD 48084 · re-entered August 6, 2024
- BEESAT 8 · NORAD 48085 · re-entered January 28, 2025
- ELSA-d Client · NORAD 51288
- SAMSON 1 · in orbit
- PUMBAA · re-entered June 3, 2025
- SAMSON 2 · re-entered December 4, 2024
- SAMSON 3 · re-entered December 2, 2024
- Vigoride mass simulator · re-entered November 12, 2025
- Najm-1 · in orbit
- NAPA-2 mass simulator? · re-entered September 10, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
CAS500-1 is the first of two 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. More than a dozen other satellites are included as secondary payloads, among them being the first spacecraft by the Catalan Space Agency.
Pad
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
390th launch from 31/6, 3rd this year · 1,518th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
430 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
21 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success confirmed by Roscosmos.
Questions
When did CAS500-1 & rideshare launch?
CAS500-1 & rideshare launched on March 22, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch CAS500-1 & rideshare?
Coverage: Launch coverage of CAS500-1 spacecraft with Smallsats and Cubesats.; Трансляция пуска с космодрома Байконур ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1а»; [발사연기] 차세대중형위성 1호 발사 생중계. Watch the replay
What rocket launched CAS500-1 & rideshare?
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M, flown by GK Launch Services. Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M spec sheet
Where did CAS500-1 & rideshare launch from?
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did CAS500-1 & rideshare reach?
CAS500-1, one of 39 catalogued objects, reached a 495 × 517 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did CAS500-1 & rideshare launch?
39 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).