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Historical mission record
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Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Vega-C
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Provider
- Arianespace
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.

Vega-C
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
- Height
- 34.8 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 6
- First flight
- 2022-07-13
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:02:29
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:04:35
Stage 3 Separation
- T+00:04:46
Fairing Separation
- T+00:07:21
Kick Stage Separation
- T+00:07:28
Kick Stage Burn
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- T+00:17:00
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+00:40:23
Kick Stage Burn
- T+00:42:41
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+00:43:54
Payload Separation
- T+01:51:00
Kick Stage Burn
Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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