| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-05-03, 06:59:00 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2026-05-02, 23:59:00 (PDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA |
| Booster | B1071-33 |
| Landing | Landing Zone 4 |
| Payload | CAS500-2 and 44 other ride-shares |
| Mass | 500 kg + unknown |
| Customer | KASA and others |
| Target Orbit | SSO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULdQKEF9MyU |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vYPVVe6INg |
| NASASpaceflight | none |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqwfmCSOXXg |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2050830011775508828 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYpPfnj9E8 |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 27th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 3 days, 4:16:11 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 50 days, 16:01:01 turnaround for B1071
☑️ 34th landing on LZ-4
☑️ 614th Falcon Family Booster landing, 625th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 53rd Falcon 9 mission this year, 636th overall
☑️ 54th SpaceX mission this year, 664th overall (excluding Starship test flights)
☑️ 54th SpaceX launch this year, 673rd overall (including Starship test flights)
Mission info
CAS500-2
The South Korean CAS500 1 and 2 space vehicles are Earth-observation models that will image the Earth in panchromatic and multispectral modes using the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) payload.
The CAS500 satellites will feature the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode.
Schedule for 2nd set of rideshare deployments:
Expected loss of signal