CAS500-2

NORAD 69013· COSPAR 2026-100AK· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on May 3, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 16:19 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

KARI

Country

South Korea

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 3, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

517 km

Perigee

502 km

Inclination

97.38°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CAS500-2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.8 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

502 × 517 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

44 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-100 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others).

PEARL-1B · 68980
GEN1A-1 · 69004
GEN1A-2 · 69005
JEN-1 · 69006
BRO-21 · 69007
YAM-14 · 69008
CAS500-2 RIDESHARE OBJE* · 69009
DRISHTI · 69010
EYCORE-1 · 69011
JACKAL-004 · 69012
CAS500-2 RIDESHARE OBJE* · 69014
FRONTIERSAT · 69015
RAVEN · 69016
EDDA-1 · 69017
PELICAN-8 · 69018
PELICAN-9 · 69019
SELENE · 69020
HELIOS · 69021
HYDRA-3 · 69022
QUBE-II · 69023
BALKAN-2 · 69024
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-7 · 68981
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-10 · 68982
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-11 · 68983

…and 20 more from this launch.

Sources & further reading

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