Guiana Space Centre, the Ariane launch facility, is at 5 degrees north.
Metop-C, the third satellite is to be launched in the 2016/2017 timeframe, from the Guiana Space Centre.
Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Guiana Space Centre on 13 February 2012.
This gives the launch site a significant advantage in launching geosynchronous satellites, an attribute shared by the Guiana Space Centre.
One of the two boosters was successfully recovered and returned to the Guiana Space Center for analysis.
This was the second launch of a Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre.
A short railway is used within the Guiana Space Centre.
In 1965, the French government transferred the responsibility for most of the islands to its newly founded Guiana Space Centre.
The Guiana Space Centre was built and became operational in 1968.
Missions could be launched from Baikonur or Guiana Space Centre.
Guiana Space Centre, the Ariane launch facility, is at 5 degrees north.
Metop-C, the third satellite is to be launched in the 2016/2017 timeframe, from the Guiana Space Centre.
Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Guiana Space Centre on 13 February 2012.
This gives the launch site a significant advantage in launching geosynchronous satellites, an attribute shared by the Guiana Space Centre.
One of the two boosters was successfully recovered and returned to the Guiana Space Center for analysis.
This was the second launch of a Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre.
A short railway is used within the Guiana Space Centre.
In 1965, the French government transferred the responsibility for most of the islands to its newly founded Guiana Space Centre.
The Guiana Space Centre was built and became operational in 1968.
Missions could be launched from Baikonur or Guiana Space Centre.