13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... the IXV,” said Giorgio Tumino, EXA’s IXV program manager, in a phone interview from the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. “Everything went smooth, and we are ready for the launch on the 11th. All our...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
Set to blast off tomorrow on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 09:54 CET is ESA’s first mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to ...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
... Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace's ELA-3 launch complex at European Spaceport located near Kourou, French Guiana in 2021.
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...
