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Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7

December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7 launch image — Mission imagery · Vega-C

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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC

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Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2360, -52.7750

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Rocket: Vega-C
Launch site: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC
Window closes: December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC
Feed updated: December 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

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Vehicle

Vega-C

Vega

Height

34.8 m

Diameter

3 m

LEO capacity

3,300 kg

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Launch complex

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

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.

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