Tag Archives: Kourou

Thales Alenia Space’s Sentinel-1C Satellite Launches to Advance Earth Observation and Climate Research

(IN BRIEF) Thales Alenia Space’s Sentinel-1C satellite successfully launched aboard a Vega C rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, enhancing the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme. Joining its predecessor, Sentinel-1A, the satellite delivers high-resolution radar imagery for environmental monitoring, disaster response, and … Read the full press release

Inmarsat further extends global leadership in true broadband services with the launch of new GX5 satellite on 22 November

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 15-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat‘s new GX5 satellite will be launched on Friday 22 November 2019. The launch window is between 21:08 and 22:43 UK time / UTC. To be launched by Arianespace from Guiana Space Center … Read the full press release

Airbus-built Aeolus wind sensing satellite successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana

Airbus-built Aeolus satellite to map Earth’s wind in real-time Kourou, French Guiana, 24-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Aeolus, the European Space Agency’s wind sensing satellite, built by Airbus, has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will now undergo a … Read the full press release

Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat confirmed successful launch of the largest satellite Alphasat on Ariane 5 ECA launcher

30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has confirmed the successful launch of Alphasat, the largest satellite, designated I-4A F4. Alphasat was launched on an Ariane 5 ECA, the latest version of the … Read the full press release

ESA’s heaviest cargo ship Albert Einstein launched into orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station … Read the full press release

Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center

Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 in orbit Kourou, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On May 6, 2013 at 11:06 pm local time in French Guiana, Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center (CSG), orbiting the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and … Read the full press release

Astrium to deliver Vietnam’s first Earth observation satellite VNREDSat-1

The Vietnamese satellite VNREDSat-1, built by Astrium, is scheduled for launch from Kourou on 03 May Astrium also built the satellite ground control segment and the image receiving and processing stations in Vietnam With VNREDSat-1, Astrium consolidates its position as … Read the full press release