Space

An Arianespace Vega C rocket launches South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observing satellite from Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 1, 2025. (Image credit: Arianespace)

Europe's Vega C rocket launched for the sixth time ever today (Dec. 1), sending a powerful Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

South Korea's KOMPSAT-7 spacecraft lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana atop a Vega C rocket today at 12:21 p.m. EST (1721 GMT; 2:21 p.m. Kourou time).

The rocket deployed KOMPSAT-7 on schedule about 44 minutes after liftoff, into a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) 358 miles (576 kilometers) above Earth.

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