https://spacewatch.global/tag/guiana-space-centre/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:00:33 +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/guiana-space-centre/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/euspa-ready-for-galileo-launch-11/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37397 The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) announced the first of a series of six launches with two Galileo satellites per launch, from Spaceport Kourou. Galileo satellites 27 and 28 will be launched on-board of a Soyuz rocket on 2nd December.  EUSPA will be in charge of Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) operations which will be overseen by a team of specialists.]]> 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/2020/03/esa-and-the-european-commission-preorder-four-more-ariane-6-launches/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20600 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it has finalized its preorder for four more launches on Ariane 6, along with an initial payment.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spaceflight-readies-28-payloads-for-inaugural-rideshare-launch-on-arianespaces-vega/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20602 Spaceflight Inc. announced on 9 March 2020 that it is providing mission management and rideshare integration services for four organizations on Arianespace’s first dedicated rideshare mission on its Vega launch vehicle.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/france-and-russia-hold-space-cooperation-talks-in-moscow/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19617 Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, met for a status check on the development of the two nations’ cooperation in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/arianespace-orbits-two-satellites-jcsat-17-and-geo-kompsat-2b-to-support-connectivity-and-environmental-monitoring-in-asia/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19656 On Tuesday, 18 February  2020 at 22:18 UTC (Universal Time Coordinates), Arianespace successfully launched two satellites using an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana:]]> 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/2020/01/indias-gsat-30-successfully-launched-for-south-asian-connectivity-mission/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18681 India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours of 17 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/eutelsat-konnect-successfully-launched-for-african-connectivity-operations/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18674 The EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time (10.05 pm CET) on 16 January 2020.]]> 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-to-launch-uaes-falcon-eye-2-on-soyuz-in-march-2020/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18633 Arianespace has announced that it intends to launch the UAE’s second reconnaissance satellite, Falcon Eye 2, on board a Soyuz satellite launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre in early March 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/south-koreas-chollian-2b-environmental-satellite-to-launch-in-february-2020/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18487 South Korean environmental monitoring and oceanographic satellite Chollian-2B is expected to be launched on board an Arianespace Ariane-5 satellite launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre on 18 February 2020, according to the South Korean Ministry of Science and Information Communication Technology.]]> 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/egypts-tiba-1-successfully-launched-by-ariane-5-from-guiana-space-centre/ Thu, 28 Nov 2019 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17305 An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered the TIBA-1 and Inmarsat-GX5 telecom satellites into their planned orbits.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/malaysias-measat-selects-arianespace-for-measat-3d-satcom-launch/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17213 Arianespace and MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), the leading Malaysian satellite operator, has announced the signature of a launch services contract for MEASAT-3D.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/eutelsats-all-electric-konnect-satellite-ships-to-french-guiana-for-launch/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17163 The all-electric KONNECT communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the international operator Eutelsat Communications is now undergoing final preparation prior to being shipped to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, for a launch planned mid-January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/egypts-tiba-1-communications-satellite-prepped-for-november-launch-by-arianspace/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16835 Processing is now underway with the TIBA-1 satellite passenger for Arianespace’s next dual-payload Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for a November liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/egypts-tiba-1-military-communications-satellite-headed-for-guiana-space-centre-launch/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16507 TIBA-1, the communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) left the Airbus Defence and Space clean rooms in Toulouse]]>