Arianespace's VV28 mission orbited South Korea's 1,810 kg KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observation satellite from Kourou, French Guiana, delivering the high-resolution optical imaging craft built by KARI into a 576 km sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.8 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 8 Vega-C flights
- Date and time
- 1 December 2025, 17:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2025-279
- Launches in 2025
- 291st of 329
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