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VV28KOMPSAT-7
Earth Science
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialVega-C
SSOorbit
KOMPSAT-7 is the follow-up model of KOMPSAT-3A whose mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South-Korea's governmental and institutional needs.
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+02:29Stage 2 Separation
- T+04:35Stage 3 Separation
- T+04:46Fairing Separation
- T+07:21Kick Stage Separation
- T+07:28Kick Stage Burn
- T+17:00Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+40:23Kick Stage Burn
- T+42:41Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+43:54Payload Separation
- T+1:51:00Kick Stage Burn
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#7,135
ASA Mission
#323
Pad Launch
#54
Location Launch
#329
Designator
2025-279
Launch Window
NET
Dec 1, 2025, 5:21 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Vega-C Specs
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
Length
34.8 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
210 t
Thrust
2,974 kN
LEO Capacity
3,300 kg
SSO Capacity
2,230 kg
Launch Cost
$48M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2022
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 27d
Total Launches
7
Successful
6
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Jul 13, 2022
Social Flight Log
- Dec 1, 2025, 6:14 PM
Launch success.
Source - Dec 1, 2025, 6:06 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Source - Dec 1, 2025, 5:21 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Dec 1, 2025, 5:14 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Dec 1, 2025, 5:09 PM
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
Source - Nov 27, 2025, 8:28 PM
Delayed to December 1st.
Source - Nov 21, 2025, 5:35 PM
Delayed to November 30
Source - Nov 13, 2025, 9:33 AM
Targeting November 28 at 17:21 UTC.
Source - Aug 11, 2025, 12:14 PM
NET November 2025.
Source - Mar 3, 2023, 8:36 AM
Vega-C Return To Flight now NET end of 2023.
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Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
ELA-1, now named Ensemble de Lancement Vega (short ELV), is a launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. It has been used to support launches of the Europa rocket, Ariane 1, Ariane 3, and is currently used to launch Vega rockets.
Total Launches
55
Orbital Attempts
55
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 25d
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Dec 1, 2025, 2:21 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903