French Guyana : News

European space consortium Arianespace would launch India's INSAT-3D, an exclusive meteorological satellite, from its spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on July 26.According to Indian space agency ISRO , AINSAT-3D is configured with advanced meteorological payloads - a six Channel Imager, 19 Channel Sounder along with data relay transponder and ... (more)

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E2v imaging sensors have been launched into space onboard the European Space Agency's Albert Einstein spacecraft, the fourth automated transfer vehicle to be sent to the International Space Station .

MOSCOW, June 11 A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday for a weeklong flight to study the operation of its liquid-propellant engines in the ionosphere, which spans from 50 to 250 miles above the Earth's surface.

ESA's ISS resupply ship ATV-4 known as "Albert Einstein" launched atop an Ariane rocket from French Guiana on June 5, 2013.

Azerspace-2, Azerbaijan's second telecommunications satellite, is scheduled for launch into orbit in 2018, Trend News Agency cites Azerspace's chairman Rashad Nabiyev as saying.

The satellite was carried into orbit from French Guiana by VERTA 1, the second Vega launcher.

A special delivery of peanut butter, pyjamas and parmesan cheese was blasted into the cosmos to bring some Earthly indulgences to the astronauts on board the International Space Station .

International Space Station Management Center Daily Summary Report Increment 36 Operations - Stage 36-6 06/05/13 6:30 pm Central Daylight Time 156/23:30 Greenwich Mean Time New Status: Automated Transfer Vehicle -4 Launch: ATV-4 Albert Einstein launched today at 4:52 p.m. CDT from Kourou, French Guiana.

Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket, a small launcher capable of hoisting a satellite payload of just 1.8 tonnes -- the equivalent mass of two small cars.

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The Awarua tracking station allows technicians using a moderately-sized satellite dish outside and $NZ2 million-$NZ3 million worth of sophisticated equipment inside to track spacecraft.

ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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TWO new entrants to the South Australian resources sector have pledged to spend $79 million on exploration in the Cooper and Otway basins.

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart made this assertion on Tuesday when France's Ambassador to Barbados, Jacques Sturm , paid him a courtesy call at Parliament Buildings.

Jurisdiction risk continues to grow as a result of countries attempting to capitalize on higher commodity prices.

There is a promise from the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Steve Blackett, and French Ambassador to Barbados, Jacques Sturm , to explore new avenues for cooperation that would enhance the existing relationship.

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Arianespace marked one of the final steps in preparations for the next Ariane 5 launch as Europe's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle was integrated atop the heavy-lift workhorse at the Spaceport.

The company signed a four-year deal to explore the Kanuku Block, an area approximately 6,525 kilometres that is about 100 miles off Guyana's coast.

Brazil's plans to build an electronic fence along its border with its 10 neighbors moved forward with what appears to be the final selection of local and foreign suppliers for the complex and costly network.

Saint International modelling agency CEO Deiwght Peters recently served as a guest judge at the beMode Miss Carabes Guyane pageant in French Guiana, ahead of StyleWeek Jamaica slated for May 22-26, 2013, which will see a group of officials from that country jetting in as special guests.

France's justice minister has said she supports land reform in the country's overseas territories to help the descendents of slaves, two days after President Hollande declared reparations for slavery were impossible.

The launch of Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega , planned for May 4 from Kourou in French Guiana, was put off on May 6 because of poor weather conditions at the space base, the European Space Agency said.

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The company said that continued strong production from the Jubilee field continues to underpin Tullow's financial performance which funds their high-impact exploration programme.

Image Caption: Vega lifted off at 02:06 GMT on 7 May 2013 on a complex mission requiring five upper-stage boosts.

After three days of delay due to the bad weather, Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNRED Sat-1, was successfully launched Tuesday morning by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, local media reported.

The vehicle left the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 23:06 local time on Friday , placing three satellites in orbit.