KARI KSLV-2 Nuri CAS500-5

Name: KARI KSLV-2 Nuri CAS500-5
Start: 2028-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: LC-2

KSLV-2 Nuri

Status

TBD

Date

31 DEC 2028

00:00

Launch Provider

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Launch Pad

LC-2

Naro Space Center, South Korea

Mission Overview

The South Korean CAS500-5 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500 5) is a small Earth observation satellite. It will be equipped with a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload (providing a 120 km image swath and 10 m resolution) to support missions including water resource monitoring and river management for the South Korean Government Ministry of Environment.

Rocket

KSLV-2 Nuri

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is South Korea's second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-1.

Height

47.2 m

Diameter

3.5 m

Launch Mass

200 T

Thrust

2,612 kN