Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Situated in America/Cayenne of French Guiana, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana is a major launch facility.
Overview
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Location
- Country
- French Guiana
- Region
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- (5.169, -52.6903)
- Status
- ACTIVE
Launch history
415 launches to date.
UpcomingAriane 62 | Metop-SG B3
UpcomingAriane 62 | Metop-SG A3
UpcomingAriane 64 | MTG-I4
UpcomingAriane 64 | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)
UpcomingAriane 64 | MTG-S2
UpcomingAriane 62 | Metop-SG B2
UpcomingAriane 64 | MTG-I3
UpcomingAriane 62 | Metop-SG A2
UpcomingAriane 64 | EnVision
UpcomingAriane 62 | ARIEL
Rockets launched from this site
- Ariane 5 ECA (73 launches)
- Ariane 44L (40 launches)
- Vega-C (29 launches)
- Ariane 44LP (26 launches)
- Ariane 64 (22 launches)
- Vega (22 launches)
- Ariane 64 (18 launches)
- Ariane 5 G (16 launches)
- Ariane 42P (15 launches)
- Ariane 44P (15 launches)
- Ariane 62 (14 launches)
- Soyuz STB (14 launches)
- Ariane 42L (13 launches)
- Ariane 1 (11 launches)
- Ariane 3 (11 launches)
- Ariane 5 ECA+ (11 launches)
- Ariane 5 ES (8 launches)
- Soyuz STA (8 launches)
- Ariane 40 (7 launches)
- Ariane 2 (6 launches)