Vega, which will operate out of Europe’s Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, has been designed specifically to carry small institutional payloads such as Cryosat to odfit. However, the rocket is not expected to enter into service until the middle of next year. ...
It will be fired skyward aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the ESA's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. So yes, it's notactuallylaunching from Europe, but rather a French territory on the north coast of South America. A livestream of the launch will begin around h...
After launching at 13:40 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on a Vega rocket, the IXV successfully climbed to 413 kilometres above Earth. It then manoeuvred to decelerate and deployed parachutes to further slow its descent. After a 100-minute trip, the craft splashed successfully inside ...
A European rocket placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said. Earlier this evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful t...
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 - The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36 000 km
ESA and CNES are determined to reduce the footprint of rocket launches and ground operations at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, and are aiming to deliver low-carbon hydrogen generated by solar-powered electrolysis of water by 2026.
The satellite was launched on 30 July on board an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana and reached its final orbit position a few days later at 48°E covering a wide angle from West Africa to the Strait of Malacca in South East Asia. ...
Tomorrow Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, will send two more satellites into space, reaching a total number of 6 satellites in orbit. The lift-off will take place at the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana, at 14.31 CET and can be viewed via live streaming here...
“We areembarking on an extraordinary voyage,” said ESA Director General Jean-JacquesDordain after the successful launch from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.“It is no longer just a book by Jules Verne. This is reality.” Jules Verneis the first of the ESA’s massive, but ...
Euclid was supposed to launch on a Russian rocket from French Guiana in South America, Europe's main spaceport. The European and Russian space agencies cut ties following the invasion of Ukraine last year, and the telescope switched to a S...