In 1964. among 14 sites proposed, Georges Pompidou throughout a ministerial order chose French Guiana as territory in order to welcome the French Space Center. Then, in September 1965, that is to say more than fifty years ago, began the future European Space Center. More than 2500 people ...
French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy. Unemployment is a serious problem, particularly among younger workers. GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.551 billion (2003 est.) GDP (official exchange rate): NA GDP - real growth rate: NA% GDP - per capita (PPP): ...
PARIS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The French Defense Ministry's CSO-1 reconnaissance satellite on the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket was launched successfully on Wednesday from Guyana Space Center (GSC) in the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana. According to the live video of French space agency, ...
Very early in thehistory of Guiana's space center, the French government made an official decision to open the site to any country willing to deploy its space launcher systems there. At the time, few could have predicted thatRussian rocketswould become first "foreign guests" in Kourou. First...
Living on an ever-changing coast: French Guiana populations facing coastal mobility , the particular case of the city of Kourou, built from the 1960s by the sea to house the engineers and technicians of the Guiana Space Center. ... M Palisse,G Collomb,D Lamaison,... - 《Geojournal》 ...
Christopher Columbus first discovered French Guiana French Guiana has been part of France for a very long time The space center of French Guiana is very famous for all Europeans The terrain of French Guiana is very varied There are tons of rivers in French Guiana, and even hydroelectricity ...
On a Holland America Line South America cruise, explore Devil’s Island, the notorious penal colony off the coast of French Guiana. Established in 1852, Devil’s Island was renowned for its hellish conditions and for several famous inmates. Wrongfully co
Along with the ELA-3 launch complex itself, a number of other Ariane-5-dedicated production and test facilities was built at the Guiana Space Center. As with the main launch complex, ESA eventually transferred this infrastructure to industrial operators: ...
facility is located some 12-13 kilometers northwest of theAriane launch complexin Kourou. The closest residential town -- Sinnamary -- lies 18 kilometers northwest from the Soyuz pad and the main residential area of the Guiana space center -- Kourou -- is 27 kilometers away in opposite ...
Ecology of Guiana Forests (EcoFoG) Ecology of Marine Ecosystems and Responses to Stress Laboratory (ECOMERS) EconomiX Ecosystèmes Continentaux et Risques Environnementaux (ECCOREV) Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Évolution (ECOBIO) Electronique, SYstèmes de COmmunicat...