

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


The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) established in 1989, is the aeronautics and space agency of Republic of Korea. Its main laboratories are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town.