Enabling & Support

Kompsat-7 launched on Vega-C

28/11/2025 1456 views 18 likes

ESA / Enabling & Support / Space Transportation / Vega

Updated: 2 December 2025 after launch.

Lifting Kompsat-7 onto its Vega-C rocket

Europe’s Vega-C rocket launched Kompsat-7 for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 1 December 14:21 local time (17:21 GMT, 18:21 CET).

Kompsat-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) will provide high-resolution satellite images for South-Korea's government and institutions.

This Vega-C flight, designated VV28 was run by Arianespace. Vega-C placed Kompsat-7 in a Sun-synchronous orbit, around 45 minutes after liftoff.

Kompsat-7 was developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute at its facility in Daejeon, South Korea, and it weighs around 2000 kg on the launch pad.