September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... the Proba-V minisatellite and reported from ESA’s microgravity-reproducing parabolic aircraft and the launch site in French Guiana. An occasional comic strip writer, he is the author of The ESA Effect.
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... western companies, the most improbable being launching the Soyuz rocket from the European Union territory of French Guiana in the south American jungle. More significantly, Russia’s rocket engines - still the most advanced in the world...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...’s Geostationary and Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) was launched from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana in 2017 for Brazilian government civil and military applications. Early success Investment in space has a cross...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... that are still operating, but lack sufficient fuel, to achieve a graveyard orbit. Launch of MEV-2 from French Guiana on 15 August 2020. Excitingly for SpaceLogistics, MEV-1 is only the first is a series of satellite servicing vehicles, with...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... of 2019. It is envisaged that some of the first satellites will be built in Europe and launched from ArianeSpace's facility in French Guiana, on South America's Atlantic coast near the equator. 1) According to International Telecommunication Union,
23 May 2016
Soyuz’ latest mission for Europe ready for launch tomorrow
Scheduled for liftoff tomorrow, May 24, at precisely 5:48:43 a.m. local time in French Guiana, Soyuz flight VS15 will launch and deploy two European Galileo navigation satellites in a circular orbit around ...
