LAUNCH / Vega-C
KOMPSAT-6 & PLATiNO 1
Planned for April 2027 · Provisional
Planned with Vega-C from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Dates may change.
Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs · Last successful recall: 29 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC. Older data status – not successfully updated for more than two hours.
Date and mission
- Date according to source
- Planned for April 2027
- Status according to source
- Provisional
- Rocket
- Vega-C →
- Launch provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Launch Site
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana →
- Launch Platform
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- European reference
- European rocket & European participation
- Payload participation
- Italian Space Agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Source last changed
- 31 Aug 2026, 09:17 UTC
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Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC
Original source description (English)
Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 6 (KOMPSAT-6) is the sixth South Korean Earth observation satellite of the KOMPSAT series. It is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar with a ground resolution between 0.5 and 20 meters. PLATiNO 1 is an experimental X-band SAR earth observation satellite project by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with a radar payload from Thales Alenia Space Italia. The X-band SAR will first operate in passive mode at 619 km altitude, then in active mode after the satellites moves lower to a 410 km orbit.
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