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The Guiana Space Centre, also called Europe's Spaceport, is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500
Vega launch pad in 2017
Ariane 5 final assembly building
Ariane 6 pad in 2019
Soyuz-2 mobile service tower and flame trench
French Guiana
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French Guiana, also known by its French name Guyane, is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Surin
Guiana Space Centre
…The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, 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…
View of Fort Cépérou Mount, Cayenne
View from Salvation Islands, Kourou
Following the Portuguese conquest of French Guiana in 1809, João Severiano Maciel da Costa served as its only governor until 1817.
French Guiana, c. 1930