https://spacewatch.global/tag/french-guiana/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/french-guiana/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/ariane-6-completes-wet-dress-rehearsal-ahead-of-july-9-launch/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55786 The Ariane 6 rocket has gone through its last full ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of its July 9 inaugural launch. Furthermore, data from the wet dress rehearsal is now under analysis with results to come on 26 June, confirming Ariane 6's inaugural launch date. The real flight model, its payloads, the launchpad and teams on the ground went through every step of launch operations]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/ariane-6s-launch-pad-in-french-guiana-inaugurated/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36124&preview=true&preview_id=36124 After eight years of work: the new launch pad for Ariane 6 in French Guiana has been inaugurated, the French space agency CNES said. "ESA and ArianeGroup now have the means to launch the future Ariane 6, whose first flight is expected in 2022", CNES said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/ariane-6-fairing-begins-tests-at-french-guiana-space-port/ Mon, 10 May 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32590&preview=true&preview_id=32590 The first Ariane 6 fairing arrived at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana start a series of tests and prepare Europe’s next generation heavy-lift launch vehicle for flight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The two half-shells are manufactured by the Swiss Ruag.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/france-launches-super-high-resolution-military-satellite/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29395&preview=true&preview_id=29395 France launches super high-resolution military satellite]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/arianeworks-on-first-european-reusable-rocket-prototype-themis/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28683&preview=true&preview_id=28683 ArianeWorks on first European reusable rocket prototype Themis]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/seosat-ingenio-imaging-satellite-ready-for-launch-from-kourou/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28114&preview=true&preview_id=28114 The Spanish Earth-imaging SEOSAT-Ingenio satellite will be launched on a Vega rocket from French Guiana on 17 November, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/french-weather-research-satellite-taranis-to-launch-mid-november/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27985&preview=true&preview_id=27985 French weather research satellite Taranis to launch mid-November]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/soyuz-to-resume-launches-from-kourou-end-of-november/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27928&preview=true&preview_id=27928 Soyuz to resume launches from Kourou end of November]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/james-webb-space-telescope-getting-closer-to-launch/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26982&preview=true&preview_id=26982 James Webb Space Telescope getting closer to launch]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/rocket-factory-augsburg-selects-french-guianas-kourou-for-rfa-one-launches/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26658&preview=true&preview_id=26658 Rocket Factory Augsburg selects French Guiana’s Kourou for RFA ONE launches]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/arianespace-postpones-vega-ssms-launch-due-to-storm-over-south-korea/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25734&preview=true&preview_id=25734 Arianespace postpones Vega/SSMS launch due to storm over South Korea]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/nasa-announces-new-james-webb-space-telescope-target-launch-date/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24404&preview=true&preview_id=24404 NASA now is targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as technical challenges.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/guiana-space-center-suspends-launch-campaigns-due-to-covid-19/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20706 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/royal-thai-air-forces-first-satellite-expected-to-be-launched-in-march-2020/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19160 The first satellite of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), named Napa-1, is expected to be launched on board an Arianespace Vega satellite launch vehicle on 24 March 2020. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/cheops-space-telescope-produces-first-images/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19141 The cover on the CHEOPS space telescope was opened successfully on 29 January 2020. It is now being tested for precision and its first images are being produced. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/arianespace-kicks-off-2020-with-successful-launch-of-indias-gsat-30-and-eutelsat-konnect/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18659 Arianespace opened its 2020 launch activity with a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana that successfully placed EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit on 16 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/arianespace-tapped-to-launch-euclid-dark-energy-exploration-satellite-for-esa/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18497 Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced the signature of a launch services contract for the Euclid satellite - with the mission's timeframe for liftoff starting in mid-2022 from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/indias-gsat-30-and-eutelsats-konnect-prepared-for-first-ariane-5-launch-of-2020/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18474 Payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s first mission of 2020 – designated Flight VA251 – which will orbit satellites at the service of two long-time partners using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/arianespace-soyuz-successfully-launches-esas-cheops-exoplanetary-mission/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17934 The Airbus-built CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) has been successfully launched on the morning of 18 December 2019 on a Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/europes-ariane-6-prepares-for-initial-testing-at-guiana-space-centre/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17302 The first test models of Ariane 6 are being manufactured while Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is preparing to test the launch vehicle and all systems involved with launch.]]>