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Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & CAS500-4

December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & CAS500-4 launch image
Mission imagery · Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch details

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December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · 34.6320, -120.6110

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Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Mission 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.

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon · Block 5

Height

70 m

Diameter

3.65 m

LEO capacity

22,800 kg

Successful launches

624

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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.

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Mission updates

Launch NET 2022 due to payload readiness

January 31, 2021 at 10:17 AM UTC · spacevogel

New launch contract with SpaceX confirmed following previous contract voided due to Ukraine-Russia war.

December 4, 2023 at 6:02 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin