{"id":2371,"date":"2025-12-03T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/arianespace-successfully-launches-kompsat-7-on-vega-c-rocket\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:43:48","slug":"arianespace-successfully-launches-kompsat-7-on-vega-c-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/arianespace-successfully-launches-kompsat-7-on-vega-c-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace Successfully Launches KOMPSAT-7 on Vega C Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1764749116040_639003459177679052.png\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"386\" alt=\"Arianespace Successfully Launches KOMPSAT-7 on Vega C Rocket\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1764749116040_639003459177679052.png\" style=\"opacity: 1.54212e-05;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1764749116040_639003459177679052.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"386\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Arianespace<\/strong> successfully launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission, called \u201cVV28\u201d, was performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe&#8217;s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed in Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 576 km. Spacecraft separation took place 44 minutes after lift-off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>David Cavaillol\u00e8s<\/strong><strong>, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace<\/strong>, declared: \u201cBy launching the KOMPSAT-7 satellite, set to significantly enhance South Korea&#8217;s Earth observation capabilities, Arianespace is proud to support an ambitious national space program. This mission marks the fourth satellite Arianespace has launched for the <strong>Korea Aerospace Research Institute<\/strong>. We thank our South Korean partners for their continued trust and look forward to further strengthening our collaboration.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: How AI-Driven Imagery Technology is Revolutionizing Satellite Network Operations?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KOMPSAT-7&#8217;s mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to satisfy South Korea&#8217;s governmental and institutional needs. The satellite was developed by KARI at its facility in Daejeon, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The VV28 launch at a glance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">357th launch by Arianespace, 6th Vega C launch<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">6th launch operated by Arianespace in 2025 (3 launches with Ariane 6 and 3 launches with Vega C)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">10% of the satellites launched by Arianespace are Earth observation satellites<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">4th satellite by KARI launched by Arianespace<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">9th South Korean satellite placed into orbit by Arianespace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arianespace successfully launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission, called \u201cVV28\u201d, was performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe&#8217;s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed in Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 576 km. Spacecraft separation took place 44 minutes after lift-off. David Cavaillol\u00e8s, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,25,54,20],"class_list":["post-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}