January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... human engineering products are required to function Arrival at the launch site means exposure to humidity - especially in French Guiana and Florida - and presence of chemical substances such as cleaning agents and solvents, propellant and oxidisers...
01 December 2015
LISA Pathfinder set for liftoff
.... LISA Pathfinder aboard the Vega launcher – fully assembled in its mobile gantry at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. “LISA Pathfinder is a complex mission,” says flight director Andreas Rudolph. “Even after we’re safely in space, we will...
14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... rocket was infectious at the launch site in French Guiana this week (Wednesday, 13 July) as the countdown..., 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...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
...a.m. EST (1300 GMT) Wednesday aboard a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center on the northern coast of South America. The launch ...in a phone interview from the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. “Everything went smooth, and we are ready for the ...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... transmitters installed in buoys and other ground-based systems. Lift-off of Metop-C on 7 November 2018 from French Guiana. Ground segment Metop satellites provide continuity of accurate, high resolution observations from a low Earth, sun-synchronous...
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...
