Basing Soyuz in French Guiana should give the rocket a new lease of life.
The first of 22 OHB-SSTL spacecraft should launch next year, again on a Soyuz from French Guiana.
Europe's space freighter, Johannes Kepler, has been blasted into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.
The ATV was launched from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on Saturday night.
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There are heavy rains in French Guiana, mosquitoes even - so it is better to protect the people working there.
In 1998 he launched AfriStar from French Guiana into stationary orbit 22, 300 miles over the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 1998 he launched AfriStar from French Guiana into stationary orbit 36, 000 kilometers over the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The lift-off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana was originally scheduled for 23:06 local time on Friday (02:06 GMT, Saturday).
Its islands, Guadeloupe and Martinique, plus French Guiana on the South American mainland, since 1946 have been parts departments, in their case of France.
The vehicle left the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 23:06 local time on Monday (02:06 GMT, Tuesday), placing three satellites in orbit.
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However, getting the gantry built in Russia, shipped to French Guiana, and then assembled and running smoothly on its bogeys, proved quite a struggle.
The images are reminiscent of some he took at Ariane in French Guiana, with their stark empty spaces broken up by vivid lines and colors.
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) -- Western Europe's 113th Ariane rocket is set to launch two satellites on Wednesday including AfriStar aimed at radio broadcasts to Africa.
Kelly (aged 14) comes from Brazil, lives in Suriname and hitches a ride by canoe across the Maroni River each morning to school in Maripasoula, French Guiana.
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) -- Western Europe's 113th Ariane rocket lifted two communications satellites into orbit for U.S.-based operators after a successful launch from equatorial French Guiana on Wednesday.
"I think he showed how strong he can be, how well he holds the ball up, " the manager said of the French Guiana-born striker he had on loan at West Brom last season.
The European Space Agency Spacecraft Operations Centre (Esoc) in Darmstadt, Germany, is now involved in trying to establish a link, using its antennas in French Guiana, the Canary Islands and on the Spanish mainland.
"In French Guiana, this will be same - plus, we will have the capacity to telecommand to stop the engine, " explained Jean-Marc Astorg, from the French space agency (Cnes), who has led the Soyuz in French Guiana project.
"That's the mission we want fulfilled and the satellite we will launch will be one major step towards that mission, " he said during a visit to Ariane's launch center in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America, late last month.
In his "Space Project, " Vincent pays homage to the world's great centers of space exploration and study: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, various observatories and antenna arrays, and, most recently, the Ariane Space Center in French Guiana.
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