French Guiana

Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman’s Second Mission Extension Vehicle and Galaxy 30 Satellite Begin Launch Preparations in French Guiana

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments French Guiana, Galaxy 30 (G-30) satellite, Intelsat, MEV-2, Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman announced the arrival of the company-built Galaxy 30 (G-30) spacecraft for Intelsat and the Mission Extension Vehicle 2

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Americas Space 

Arianespace to Resume its Launch Campaigns at Guiana Space Center

May 13, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arianespace, French Guiana, Guiana Space Centre (CSG)

Following the measures presented by the French government on April 28 as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned

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Deployments Europe Naval 

French Navy Deploying Helicopter Carriers to Caribbean, Indian Ocean for COVID-19 Relief Efforts

April 3, 2020April 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Antilles, Caribbean, Coronavirus, France, French Guiana, French Navy, FS Dixmude (L9015), FS Mistral (L9013), Helicopter carrier, Indian Ocean, Mayotte, Mistral-class LHD, Operation Resilience (France), Réunion

French Navy is deploying two of its Mistral-class amphibious assault helicopter carriers (PHA), Dixmude (L9015) and Mistral (L9013), to France’s

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Industry Europe 

Guiana Space Center Suspends Launch Campaigns Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

March 17, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Arianespace, Coronavirus, France, French Guiana, French Space Agency (CNES), Guiana Space Centre (CSG)

The launch campaigns that were underway at the Guiana Space Center (Centre spatial guyanais, CSG) in French Guiana have been

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Asia-Pacific Space 

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Rocket Orbits JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B Satellites

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Communications satellite, Earth observation satellite, French Guiana, GEO-KOMPSAT-2B, Japan, JCSAT-17, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Korea Multi-purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT), SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SJC), South Korea

Satellites for two operators based in the Asia-Pacific region – Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the Korea Aerospace Research

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HLS Europe 

OCEA Shipyard Receives French Customs Order for Two OCEA FPB 100 MKII Patrol Boats

January 27, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments France, French Customs, French Guiana, OCEA FPB 100, OCEA Shipbuilding, Patrol boat, Saint-Martin (France)

The French Customs has signed a contract with OCEA shipyard for two new OCEA FPB 100 MKII patrol boats, the

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Space Europe 

Arianespace Soyuz Launcher Lifts Off for Flight VS23 Mission

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arianespace, CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS), CSG-1 satellite, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite, Soyuz

An Arianespace Soyuz launcher has lifted off from the Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 05:54 am local time

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Europe Space 

Arianespace to Launch Italy’s First COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Radar Satellite on Dec. 17

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Arianespace, Cosmo SkyMed Second Generation (CSG), CSG-1 satellite, Earth-observing radar satellite, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Italy, Military satellite, Soyuz

Arianespace will launch Italy’s first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-1) radar satellite aboard a Soyuz medium-lift launch vehicle from Europe’s Spaceport

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Americas Space 

Arianespace Launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 Satellites

November 30, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Communications satellite, Egypt, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Inmarsat, Inmarsat GX5, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, TIBA-1

Arianespace delivered another dual-satellite payload – TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 – to orbit on the 250th launch of an Ariane-series

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Europe Space 

France Launches its CSO-1 Military Reconnaissance Satellite Abroad Arianespace Soyuz Rocket

December 19, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arianespace, Composante Spatiale Optique (CSO) France, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Armed Forces, French Guiana, French Space Agency (CNES), Military satellite, Reconnaissance satellite, Soyuz

France has launched its CSO-1 military reconnaissance satellite abroad Arianespace Soyuz launch vehicle from Guiana Space Center (Centre Spatial Guyanais,

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