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Guiana Space Center

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French Guiana
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The French government suspended launches from the Guiana Space Center on 2020-03-16.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductMar 26, 2020Avio, exempt from Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, seeks reopening of French Guiana spaceport

Vega could be ready to launch 10 days after the Guiana Space Center reopens.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductMar 26, 2020Avio, exempt from Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, seeks reopening of French Guiana spaceport

Arianespace launches the Avio-built Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2020Avio, exempt from Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, seeks reopening of French Guiana spaceport

Launches from the Guiana Space Center currently require around 200 people onsite.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductMar 26, 2020Avio, exempt from Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, seeks reopening of French Guiana spaceport

Three of OneWeb’s planned missions for 2020—two Soyuz launches and the maiden Ariane 6 flight—are planned from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterNarrative GeneralMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb’s 2020-02-01 launch lifted off from Europe’s Guiana Space Center and its planned 2020-03-21 launch was scheduled to lift off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2020Space should fare better against coronavirus than other industries, report says

Arianespace launches the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and light-lift Vega rockets exclusively from the Guiana Space Center.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2020Arianespace suspends French Guiana launches amid coronavirus response

Arianespace is launching the majority of OneWeb’s first-generation constellation using Soyuz rockets from Europe’s Guiana Space Center and Russia’s Baikonur and Vostochny Cosmodromes.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2020OneWeb’s first large batch of satellites launch on Arianespace Soyuz rocket

PLD Space intends to launch Miura 5 rockets from Europe’s Guiana Space Center in South America and has forged an agreement with the French space agency CNES to pursue that goal.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2020PLD Space books first suborbital flight, nears resolution of engine setback

The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at 4:05 p.m. Eastern on 2020-01-16.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductJan 16, 2020Arianespace launches Eutelsat, ISRO satellites on first 2020 mission

Of Arianespace’s planned 22 missions in 2020, 14 are planned from the Guiana Space Center on the coast of South America.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterNarrative GeneralJan 7, 2020Arianespace could launch record 22 missions in 2020

The 2019-12-18 launch marked the 23rd Soyuz mission for Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductDec 18, 2019Arianespace launches ESA’s CHEOPS satellite to study exoplanets

An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched on 2019-11-26 from the Guiana Space Center at 4:23 p.m. Eastern carrying Egypt’s TIBA-1 satellite and Inmarsat’s GX-5 satellite.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

The French space agency CNES awarded a 200,000,000 EUR contract to a construction consortium in 2016 to upgrade the Guiana Space Center for Ariane 6.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipNov 19, 2019European spaceport boom could benefit industry

Europe’s orbital rockets launch from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductNov 19, 2019European spaceport boom could benefit industry

The European Space Agency provides funding for the Guiana Space Center.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductNov 19, 2019European spaceport boom could benefit industry

Ariane 5 lifted off at 3:30 p.m. Eastern from Europe’s Guiana Space Center carrying Intelsat-39 and EDRS-C.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductAug 6, 2019Satellites for Intelsat, European lasercomm launch on Arianespace rocket

Arianespace will launch the ViaSat-3 satellite from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterTechnical ProductJun 16, 2019Viasat, Arianespace Modify Initial ViaSat-3 Satellite Launch Contract; Viasat to Become First Commercial Customer to Launch Aboard the Ariane 64

Those three Arianespace Soyuz launches in 2019 will take place from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterNarrative GeneralJan 15, 2019Arianespace targets 12 launches this year, more counting OneWeb, Vega C debut

Arianespace also launches its heavy-lift Ariane 5 and light-lift Vega rockets from the Guiana Space Center.

Mentioned as: Guiana Space CenterOrg RelationshipJan 15, 2019Arianespace targets 12 launches this year, more counting OneWeb, Vega C debut
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