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The French Geodesic Mission to the Equator (French: Expédition géodésique française en Équateur), also called the French Geodesic Mission to Peru and the Spanish-French Geodesic Mission, was an 18th-century expedition to what is now Ecuador carried out for the purpose of performing an arc measurement, measuring the length of a degree of latitude near the Equator, by which the Earth's ...
The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, [3] [4] is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°.
Kourou (/ k uː ˈ r uː /; French pronunciation:) is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It is an administrative district in French Guiana and the main town ...
An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 5.85 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 2 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -54.7 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -51.5 Longitude at right edge of ...
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the ...
(Reuters) -NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary instrument built to peer the farthest yet into the cosmos, was launched by rocket early Saturday from South America's northeastern ...
Map English name and ISO code [7] [9] Legal status Domestic name Capital [11] Population [16] Area [15] French Guiana GUF Overseas department, region and single territorial collectivity of France and outermost region of the European Union [n 7] French: Guyane: Cayenne French: Cayenne: 294,071 [18] 83,534 km 2 (32,253 sq mi)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary $9 billion instrument able to peer more deeply into the cosmos than ever, was due for launch early Saturday from South America's northeastern ...