Success
CAS500-1 & rideshare
Earth Science
GK Launch Services(GKLS)Commercial
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
SSOorbit
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.
Monday, March 22, 2021 at 6:07 AM
Replay
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,060
GKLS Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#390
Location Launch
#1,518
Designator
2021-022
Launch Window
NET
Mar 22, 2021, 6:07 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M Specs
The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle.
Length
46.3 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch Mass
312 t
Thrust
4,149 kN
LEO Capacity
7,020 kg
Launch Cost
$80M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2010
Fastest Turnaround
13d 7h
Total Launches
20
Successful
19
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
10
Maiden flight: Oct 19, 2010
Social Flight Log
- Mar 22, 2021, 12:01 PM
Launch success confirmed by Roscosmos.
Source - Mar 20, 2021, 4:36 PM
Delayed by a day
Source - Mar 20, 2021, 6:42 AM
Setting GO for new backup
Source - Mar 20, 2021, 5:45 AM
Launch scrubbed
Source - Mar 13, 2021, 7:45 AM
Adding launch time and setting GO.
Source - Jan 18, 2021, 4:30 PM
Launch date update
Source
GK Launch Services
GK Launch Services is a company established by Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roscosmos State Space Corporation) and International Space Company Kosmotras. GK Launch Services is an operator of Soyuz-2 commercial launches from the Russian spaceports.
Founded
2017
Administrator
CEO: Alexander V. Serkin
Total Launches
1
Successful
1
Failed
0
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
1
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Local Launch Time
Mar 22, 2021, 11:07 AM
Total Launches
1,563
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050