14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... things to go wrong.” In the event, flight VV21 eventually lifted off smoothly from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:13 Kourou local time (15:13 CEST) on a mission lasting two hours and 15 minutes from launch to release of the final payload...
24 August 2018
Astrocast and D-Orbit announce InOrbit NOW launch agreement
... nanosatellites to be launched onboard an Arianspace VEGA or Vega C vehicle (the last generation of Europe’s small launcher) from Kourou, French Guiana between late 2019 and early 2020. “Astrocast is pleased to partner with D-Orbit in securing...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
..., European Data Relay System), has been successfully launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. After a test period, it will double transmission capacity of the system in order to serve two...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
ESA’s Cheops mission lifted off on a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 09:54:20 CET on 18 December on its exciting mission to characterise planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. ...
25 September 2020
Baikonur - Vestiges of the Soviet Space Programme
... of the space community. Many of the names evoke images of the events that took place there: Canaveral, Kourou, Shriharikota, Woomera... choose your favourite. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is among the most notable, not least because...
17 November 2020
Vega fails during launch of European Earth observation satellites
... return to flight, the Vega launch vehicle lifted off as scheduled at 02:52 CET / 22:52 local time from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The first three stages functioned nominally until the ignition of the AVUM upper stage...
