October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
...Italy). However, this is hardly a programme of cooperation. The days of the Soyuz rocket at the Kourou launch site in French Guiana appear to be numbered, as European customers move to Vega C, Ariane 6 and SpaceX. Similarly, there is project, but not...
December 2014
Before Rosetta: Svetlana Gerasimenko’s story
... 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 to Dushanbe to the...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... be applied to other targets should the need arise. Planned to be launched by a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, AIM will have a projected launch mass of 800kg – less than a third of Rosetta’s launch mass. Measuring...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... 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.
August 2016
Rosetta overcomes major setback
... and we were very concerned. Waiting for more concrete news, the project and industry teams in Kourou, French Guiana, continued to prepare the spacecraft for launch, and we did the same, completing our simulations programme. However...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... an essential element to further reduce cost by avoiding costly transport of satellites to launch pads in the USA, French Guiana, Russia or Japan, and increase launch frequency. In addition, becoming a spaceport is a very promising opportunity for...
