CAS500-1
Launch
Launched on Mar 22, 2021 from 31/6, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 04:29 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
KARI
Country
South Korea
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Mar 22, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
513 km
Perigee
506 km
Inclination
97.38°
Period
1.58 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
CAS500 is a series of Earth observation satellites developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CAS500-1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
506 × 513 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-022 (Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare).
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