26.11.2025

To allow for the completion of additional preparation and finalization activities on the Vega C launcher, the VV28 launch has been rescheduled.

The earliest targeted launch date is now November 30th, 2025, at 2:21 p.m. local time (5:21 p.m. UTC, 6:21 p.m. CET).

Vega C and its passenger, the KOMPSAT-7 satellite, are in stable and safe conditions.
This schedule adjustment has no impact on the VA266 launch for Galileo L14.

Quelle: arianespace

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Vega C | KOMPSAT-7

Arianespace is expected to launch a Vega C rocket on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 17:21 UTC from L’Ensemble de lancement Vega (ELV) at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Vega C will launch KOMPSAT-7, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite to be operated by the Korea Aerospace Administration in South Korea.

The 1,750 kg mass satellite will be inserted into a 505 km SSO, and features multiple SAR modes ranging from 0.5 m VHR to 20 m wide-swath coverage. Furthermore, KOMPSAT-7 will utilize the Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System with High Resolution (AEISS-HR) camera, which provides 30 cm resolution in panchromatic mode, 1.2 m resolution in color mode, and four-meter resolution in infrared mode.

Vega C is a four-stage rocket standing at 35 m tall and 3.4 m in diameter. The first three stages utilize solid rocket motors, while the fourth stage (also known as the AVUM stage) features an RD-843 engine with unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) propellants.

Quelle: NSF