{"id":325818,"date":"2025-12-02T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325818\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:06:09","slug":"arianespace-launches-south-korean-earth-observation-satellite-on-vega-c-flight-spaceflight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325818\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace launches South Korean Earth observation satellite on Vega-C flight \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251201_VV28_Decollage_plan_large_ZLV.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\"  \/>An Arianespace Vega-C rocket lifts off from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 1, 2025, carrying South Korea\u2019s KOMPSAT-7 satellite. Image: ESA-CNES-Arianespace\/Optique Vid\u00e9o du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s latest Earth observation satellite was delivered into a Sun-synchronous orbit Monday afternoon following a launch onboard a Vega-C rocket by Arianespace.<\/p>\n<p>The KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7 (KOMPSAT-7) mission launched from Europe\u2019s Spaceport. The 35-meter-tall (115 ft) rocket zipped away from the pad under the power of a P120C solid rocket motor.<\/p>\n<p>About 44 minutes after liftoff, the KOMPSAT-7 satellite was deployed into SSO an altitude of 576 km.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy launching the KOMPSAT-7 satellite, set to significantly enhance South Korea\u2019s Earth observation capabilities, Arianespace is proud to support an ambitious national space program,\u201d said David Cavaillol\u00e8s, CEO of Arianespace, in a statement. \u201cThis mission marks the fourth satellite Arianespace has launched for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About an hour and nine minutes after it separated from the fourth stage of the Vega-C rocket, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) confirmed that teams were able to successfully make contact with the satellite through the Troll Satellite Station in Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>KARI said the KOMPSAT-7 satellite is designed as the successor to <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2015\/03\/26\/south-korean-satellite-launched-by-dnepr-rocket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KOMPSAT-3A<\/a>, which launched on a Soviet-era ballistic missile, Dnepr, in March 2015. This new spacecraft features what KARI calls its Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System \u2013 High Resolution (AEISS-HR) payload alongside a control management gyroscope for maneuvering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo maximize the effectiveness of its ultra-high-resolution optical payload, KOMPSAT-7 incorporates a CMG for enhanced agility\u2014a first among Korean satellites\u2014and features an onboard computer that is over three times faster than those used in KOMPSAT-3 and 3A, significantly improving attitude control performance,\u201d according to KARI\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ground image processing system applies advanced parallel processing techniques, enabling it to complete first-stage geometric correction and generate imagery within 15 minutes after receiving satellite data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KARI said in a post on Facebook following the launch that the KOMPSAT-7 satellite is anticipated to begin providing ground observation images sometime in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s flight was the sixth launch of a Vega-C rocket to date and the sixth launch by Arianespace in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ko\">[\uc544\ub9ac\ub791 7\ud638, \ubc1c\uc0ac \uc131\uacf5]<br \/>12\uc6d4 2\uc77c 02:21, \ud504\ub791\uc2a4\ub839 \uae30\uc544\ub098\uc6b0\uc8fc\uc13c\ud130\uc5d0\uc11c \uc544\ub9ac\ub791 7\ud638\uac00 \uc131\uacf5\uc801\uc73c\ub85c \ubc1c\uc0ac\ub418\uc5c8\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<p>VEGA-C\ub85c\ubd80\ud130 \uc815\uc0c1 \ubd84\ub9ac\ub418\uc5c8\uace0, \ub0a8\uadf9 \ud2b8\ub864 \uc9c0\uc0c1\uad6d\uacfc \uccab \uad50\uc2e0\uc5d0\ub3c4 \uc131\uacf5\ud588\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4. \ucd08\uae30 \uc0c1\ud0dc\uc640 \ubaa9\ud45c\uada4\ub3c4 \uc548\ucc29\uc774 \ud655\uc778\ub418\uc5c8\uc73c\uba70, 2026\ub144 \uc0c1\ubc18\uae30\ubd80\ud130 \uc9c0\uc0c1\uad00\uce21\uc601\uc0c1\uc744 \uc81c\uacf5\ud560 \uc608\uc815\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3KOgUTTLq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/E3KOgUTTLq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud55c\uad6d\ud56d\uacf5\uc6b0\uc8fc\uc5f0\uad6c\uc6d0 (@kari2030) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kari2030\/status\/1995661574791725323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Arianespace Vega-C rocket lifts off from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 1, 2025, carrying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-325818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}