December 2014
Before Rosetta: Svetlana Gerasimenko’s story
... that we had discovered a new comet, I returned to Almaty for further observations. Svetlana Gerasimenko and Klim Churyumov in Kourou, French Guiana, just before the launch of the Rosetta spacecraft in March 2004 After my PhD I was invited...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
.... Our teams were trained and looking forward to the start of the great adventure. The spacecraft was in Kourou, French Guiana, being prepared for launch. We were ready.
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
..., whose main events are given in Table 2. The mission is based on a launch from the Centre Spatial de Guyane in Kourou (CSG) with Ariane 5 ECA with direct escape. The baseline launch is 1 June 2022, which is in the middle...
March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... at a downlink rate of about 6.6 Megabit per second; the orbit allows making use of the ESA ground-station at Kourou as well as of the Malindi station from Agenzia Spaziale Italiana in Kenya. The planned launch date, if the project...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
..., needed for liquid propulsion systems; and lead, used in solid lubricant for bearings and solder alloys. Kourou’s launch complex ELA-2, suffered extensive corrosion of its painted zinc-plated-steel support structure, roof structure...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... experiments and instruments. Together, the two make up BepiColombo, which will be launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana in October 2018. It will use the gravity of Earth, Venus and Mercury, in combination with the...
