Guiana Space Centre

French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. 

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European Space Agency – France – LEDsat – Miura 5 – Mohammed VI – Pleiades – Sentinel-2 – 

Frameless

At the mouth of the Kourou River, French Guiana, sits the town of Kourou. It is the port of departure for those going to visit Devil’s Island.

Checking the cleanroom before Sentinel-2’s arrival. Credits: ESA/C. Wildner

Credits: ESA/C. Wildner

Europe’s spaceport- an ideal launch site ESA24640929

ILA Berlin 2012 PD 004a

James Webb Space Telescope Launch (NHQ202112250007)

Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021

Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

Marco Bersanelli and George Smoot were on hand to watch the launch of the Planck mission from the ESA’s base in French Guiana. With Reno Mandolesi, Bersanelli and Smoot proposed one of the satellites that evolved into Planck.

Opening the Sentinel-2 container

Poste d'observation Tangara au dessus du CDL1

Sentinel-2A meets launch adapter

Sentinel-2A ready for encapsulation

Sentinel-2A ready for launch

Sentinel-2A satellite - CSG - Carefully aligning the satellite to the adapter

Sentinel-2A satellite - Cleanroom filling up with equipment

Sentinel-2A satellite - Fully deployed

Sentinel-2A satellite - Solar wing test

Sentinel-2A satellite - Stretching wide

Sentinel-2A satellite - Testing alignment

Sentinel-2A satellite - Time to pack up

Sunrise over ELA3

Testing Sentinel-2a's solar wing

The first 30 metres of SMART-1's journey ESA203339

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
image	2007	At the mouth of the Kourou River, French Guiana, sits the town of Kourou. It is the port of departure for those going to visit Devil’s Island.			Wikimedia
image	2015	Checking the cleanroom before Sentinel-2’s arrival. Credits: ESA/C. Wildner			Wikimedia
image	2015	Credits: ESA/C. Wildner			Wikimedia
image		Europe’s spaceport- an ideal launch site ESA24640929			Wikimedia
image	2012	ILA Berlin 2012 PD 004a			Wikimedia
image		James Webb Space Telescope Launch (NHQ202112250007)			Wikimedia
image		Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021			Wikimedia
image		Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.			Wikimedia
image		Marco Bersanelli and George Smoot were on hand to watch the launch of the Planck mission from the ESA’s base in French Guiana. With Reno Mandolesi, Bersanelli and Smoot proposed one of the satellites that evolved into Planck.			Wikimedia
image	2015	Opening the Sentinel-2 container			Wikimedia
image		Poste d'observation Tangara au dessus du CDL1			Wikimedia
image	2013	Sentinel-2A meets launch adapter			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A ready for encapsulation			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A ready for launch			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - CSG - Carefully aligning the satellite to the adapter			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Cleanroom filling up with equipment			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Fully deployed			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Solar wing test			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Stretching wide			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Testing alignment			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sentinel-2A satellite - Time to pack up			Wikimedia
image	2015	Sunrise over ELA3			Wikimedia
image	2015	Testing Sentinel-2a's solar wing			Wikimedia
image	2003	The first 30 metres of SMART-1's journey ESA203339			Wikimedia

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