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Launch Date
12/1/2025
Launch Site
CSG ZLV
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Launch Vehicle
Vega C (Vega C Family)
The Kompsat-7 launch will take place at the European launch center in Kourou, French Guiana.
The Korean KOMPSAT-7 earth-observation satellite arrived at the Guiana Space Centre ahead of its launch.
Arianespace's next launch will be Vega-C VV28, expected to launch at the end of the month and will carry KASA's KOMPSAT-7 satellite.
The VV28 mission will carry KARI's KOMPSAT-7 optical Earth-observation satellite.
KOMPSAT-7 is one of the world’s most advanced ultra-high-resolution optical satellites.
KOMPSAT-7 was deployed to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) 44 minutes after lift-off.
KOMPSAT-7 has a mass of 2,000 kg and carries an electro-optical/infrared camera as its payload.
KOMPSAT-7 is equipped with optical data transmission technology, marking a first for a Korean satellite.
KOMPSAT-7 was developed by KARI at its facility in Daejeon, South Korea.
KOMPSAT-7 was placed in Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 576 km.
As of December 1, 2025, Avio press materials listed KOMPSAT-7 launch mass as about 1,810 kg.
As of December 2, 2025, KOMPSAT-7 established first communication with the Troll Satellite Station in Antarctica at approximately 03:30 a.m. KST and deployed its solar panels.
As of December 1, 2025, Arianespace successfully launched KOMPSAT-7 on mission VV28 using a Vega C rocket from the Guiana Space Centre.
As of December 1, 2025, Arianespace was the launch service provider for KOMPSAT-7.
As of December 2, 2025, KOMPSAT-7 established subsequent communications with the Svalbard Satellite Station and with KARI's ground station in Daejeon at around 1:40 p.m. KST.
As of December 1, 2025, KOMPSAT-7 was placed into Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 576 km.
As of November 13, 2025, Arianespace planned to launch KOMPSAT-7 on November 28, 2025 at 17:21 UTC using a Vega C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana as mission VV28.
As of December 1, 2025, Arianespace press materials listed KOMPSAT-7 launch mass as approximately 2000 kg.
Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 Korean Earth Observation satellite on Dec. 1, 2025, in a Vega C mission from French Guiana.