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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°.
English: Map of the infrastructure for the Ariane and Vega launchers at the Europe's Spaceport (Centre Spatial Guyanais or CSG) , Kourou, French Guiana Français : Carte des installations du Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) de Kourou, Guyane Francaise (France)
English: Map of the infrastructure for the Ariane and Vega launchers at the Europe's Spaceport (Centre Spatial Guyanais or CSG) , Kourou, French Guiana BAF=Bâtiment d'Assemblage Final - Final Assembly Facility; BEAP=Banc d'essai des étages d'accélération à poudre - EAP engine test facility
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 ...
' Soyuz Launch Complex ') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Currently inactive, the complex was first used in October 2011 in support of the Soyuz-ST rocket and the Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre programme. [1]
For the past 20 years, the rocket has launched from the Guiana Space Centre near the coastal town of Kourou in French Guiana (hence why the cowling made its way to a remote island in close-by ...
'Ariane Launch Complex 4') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana supporting launches of the Ariane 6 program. ELA-4 is located along the Route de l'Espace in the Roche Christine site, between the ELA-3 and ELS launch facilities.
The Soyuz-ST-A and ST-B were modified versions of the Soyuz-2 rocket, designed to launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana. Developed as part of a European Space Agency (ESA) programme to add a medium-lift launch vehicle to complement the light-lift Vega and heavy-lift Ariane 5 rockets. [6]