ArianespaceVega-CAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
KOMPSAT-7
Launched
December 1, 2025 · 17:21 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin
Summary
KOMPSAT-7 launched on an Arianespace Vega-C from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 1, 2025 at 17:21 UTC. It was Arianespace's 323rd launch, 6th this year and humanity's 7,135th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Vega-C flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 572 × 586 km orbit inclined 97.6°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Vega-C · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for KARI
- Milestone
- 6th Vega-C flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 323rd launch6th this yearhumanity's 7,135th orbital launch attempt286th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Arirang-7 · NORAD 66820 · 2025-279 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- KOMPSAT-7
- Object ID
- 2025-279A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-01 20:35:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.98310631 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00097501
- Inclination
- 97.6394°
- Ascending node
- 281.9587°
- Arg. of perigee
- 255.3935°
- Mean anomaly
- 104.6207°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.000084407298
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−0Liftoff
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+4M35SStage 3 Separation
- T+4M46SFairing Separation
- T+7M21SKick Stage Separation
- T+7M28SKick Stage Burn
- T+17MKick Stage Cut-off
- T+40M23SKick Stage Burn
- T+42M41SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+43M54SPayload Separation
- T+1H51MKick Stage Burn
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- Arirang-7 · NORAD 66820 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
54th launch from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), 3rd this year · 329th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 1, 2:21 PM GMT-3, in daylight
56 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
128 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
LL2 · 12/1/2025 · source
Delayed to December 1st.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2025 · source
Delayed to November 30
Nosu · 11/21/2025 · source
Targeting November 28 at 17:21 UTC.
Nosu · 11/13/2025 · source
NET November 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2025 · source
Vega-C Return To Flight now NET end of 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/3/2023 · source
Questions
When did KOMPSAT-7 launch?
KOMPSAT-7 launched on December 1, 2025 at 17:21 UTC.
Where can I watch KOMPSAT-7?
Coverage: Flight VV28 | KOMPSAT-7 | Vega C | Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched KOMPSAT-7?
Vega-C, flown by Arianespace. Vega-C spec sheet
Where did KOMPSAT-7 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Dec 1, 2:21 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did KOMPSAT-7 reach?
It reached a 572 × 586 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did KOMPSAT-7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).