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European Vega C rocket ferries satellites into orbit
Macau Business
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July 27, 2025
A rocket carrying carbon dioxide- and Earth-observing satellites successfully blasted off from South America late Friday. The Vega C rocket, operated by French firm Arianespace, launched from the Guiana Space Centre as scheduled at 11:03 pm (0203...
Junior Chess Team heads off to French Guiana for IGG
Kaieteur News
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October 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024 Sports The Minister of Sports, Charles Ramson shares photo with members of the Guyana Chess team on Sunday. Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Chess Federation’s junior chess teams have departed for French Guiana, accompanied by the other...
EllaLink and SPLANG begin subsea cable extension to French Guiana
Data Center Dynamics
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EllaLink and SPLANG, the local public company for the digital development of French Guiana, have begun the construction of the EllaLink cable extension to include Cayenne, French Guiana. Dubbed the Lum@link system, the new 2,100km branch will...
Story Applications Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana 09/10/2024 3425 views 44 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 09/10/2024 3421 views 44 likes The Sentinel-1C satellite, the third satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana for liftoff on the Vega-C rocket at the end of 2024. The...
Goals and highlights: French Guiana 2-3 Honduras in CONCACAF Nations League
VAVEL
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October 10, 2024
CONCACAF Nations League Group C - Matchday 3 Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Stadium: Dr. Edmard Lama Municipal Stadium - Referee: TBC Updated 6 hours agoFULL TIME 0-1, min. 45'+1, Lozano. 1-1, min. 56, Galas. 1-2, min. 67, Flores. 1-3, min. 74,...
Biomass forest measuring satellite shipped to Kourou
AvioNews
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February 24, 2025
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left in the last days Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch.An Earth Explorer satellite is ESA's flagship mission to measure forest...
Airbus-built Biomass forest measuring satellite shipped to Kourou
SatNews
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February 23, 2025
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch. Biomass, an Earth Explorer satellite, is ESA’s flagship mission to measure forest biomass to...
Story Science & Exploration Worldwide testing and ISS traffic push ATV launch to autumn… 22/03/2007 1942 views 0 likes Read
ESA
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Science & Exploration 22/03/2007 1931 views 0 likes Jules Verne, the first of five Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), stands on the brink of flight. Its hardware is 100 percent assembled and ready to fly. The inaugural mission, set for the second...
Europe's Vega rocket launches in French Guiana
Space Travel
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Europe's Vega rocket launches in French Guiana by AFP Staff Writers Kourou (AFP) Sept 5, 2024 Europe's Vega rocket launched Wednesday from French Guiana, an AFP journalist said, carrying a satellite which will help combat natural disasters....
Third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite successfully launched from French Guiana
AeroTime News
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September 5, 2024
The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite has been successfully launched on the final Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. In a press release, published on September 5, 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) said the...
Europe's Vega rocket launches in French Guiana
Phys.org
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September 5, 2024
Europe's Vega rocket launched Wednesday from French Guiana, an AFP journalist said, carrying a satellite which will help combat natural disasters. Delayed by a day due to "electrical issues on the ground links", according to French firm...
Goal and highlights: French Guiana 0-1 Nicaragua in CONCACAF Nations League 2024
VAVEL
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September 6, 2024
UEFA Nations League Matchday 1 Friday, September 6, 2024 - Stadium: Dr. Edmard Lama Municipal Stadium - Referee: TBC Updated 6 hours agoFULL TIME 0-1, min. 94, Talavera With a last minute goal, Nicaragua took all three points in their first...
PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month
SpaceNews
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August 7, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. — As Arianespace ramps up following Ariane 6’s July maiden flight from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, a Spanish venture is preparing to become the first non-institutional launcher to reach orbit from the base next year. PLD Space...
Story Applications First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled 24/07/2025 1531 views 29 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 24/07/2025 1530 views 29 likes The journey to launch is picking up pace for Europe’s MetOp Second Generation weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package. Specialists at Europe’s...
Vega C rocket with Earth observation satellite launches from Kourou cosmodrome
AzerNews
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December 7, 2024
By Alimat Aliyeva The Vega C launch vehicle, carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite, successfully lifted off from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana for the first time since December 2022, Azernews reports. The launch occurred at 18:20 local time...
SA man to row from Cape Verde to Cayenne to raise funds for abandoned babies
IOL
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December 5, 2024
A South African adventurer has taken it in his stride to take on a trek for a good cause. Gerhard Moolman, 53, a fearless adrenaline junkie, launched his one-man rowing expedition across the Atlantic Ocean to raise critical funds for a...
The core stages of the Ariane6 rocket on its way to Kourou
Global Happenings
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November 25, 2024
The first and the second stage of the new European launcher Ariane 6 I am en route to Guyana Francesand in view of second flightexpected not before February. The arrival, ArianeGroup communicated, it is expected by the end of the month and in the...
Sentinel-1C satellite arrives at Europe's spaceport in Kourou
AvioNews
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October 10, 2024
After its journey from Cannes, France, via Turin, Italy, Sentinel-1C has landed safely in Kourou, French Guiana, after being transported on an Antonov aircraft. It will now undergo a series of activities to prepare for launch, ESA, the European...
Expert backs proposed rocket launch site in Sabah: Space centre could prevent brain drain
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 19, 2025
Expert backs proposed rocket launch site in Sabah: Space centre could prevent brain drain Published on: Saturday, July 19, 2025 Published on: Sat, Jul 19, 2025 By: Audrey J Ansibin Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Pic (left): Logesh Kumar Selvakumar....
UG’s Architecture Dept. cops 1st place at int’l competition
I News Guyana
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July 3, 2025
The University of Guyana’s Architecture Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has once again copped the first prize at the 5th International Lekol Architectural Competition held in French Guiana from June 24 to 27, 2025....