Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Arianespace on Monday launched a Vega C, sending South Korea's KOMPSAT-7 satellite into Earth orbit, the sixth flight by the French-based company this year.
The rocket lifted off at 2:21 p.m. local time from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America. The mission is designated VV28 and KOMPSAT stands for KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7.
Forty-four minutes later, the satellite went into a sun-synchronous orbit 358 miles above Earth.
The satellite circles Earth's poles over the same spot each solar day.
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