CAS500-1 & rideshareSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-MGK Launch Services Launch Status Success Mon ยท Mar 22nd, 2021 2:07 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1nfIV-4_e8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wb12TG-K2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soW9Olij9k0 MissionCAS500-1 & rideshareType: Earth ScienceCAS500-1 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. Location31/6Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan468 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan. RocketSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-MLength: 46.3 meters Diameter: 2.95 meters First Launch: October 19, 2010The 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.The Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M rocket has been launched a total of 15 times with 14 successful and 1 failed launches. AgencyGK Launch ServicesType: Commercial Abbreviation: GKLS Administration: Alexander V. Serkin Founded: 2017Country: RUSGK 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. View Rocket Launch Schedule