Guiana Space Centre

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rocket launch site spaceport

The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Centre Spatial Guyanais 1
European Spaceport at Kourou 1
French Guiana Space Centre 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket launch site ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ
advantage equatorial location allows efficient launches to geostationary orbit ⓘ
equatorial location provides performance gain for many launchers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CSG ⓘ
Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
surface form: Centre Spatial Guyanais
constructionStart 1960s ⓘ
country France ⓘ
environment tropical climate ⓘ
hasFacility ELA-3 launch complex ⓘ
ELA-4 launch complex ⓘ
ELA-3 launch complex ⓘ
surface form: ELV launch complex

Soyuz launch complex ⓘ
mission control centre ⓘ
propellant storage facilities ⓘ
satellite preparation buildings ⓘ
inaugurationYear 1968 ⓘ
latitude about 5 degrees north ⓘ
launchesFromHere Ariane 5 inaugural flight ⓘ
Galileo satellite navigation system ⓘ
surface form: Galileo navigation satellites

James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5 G ⓘ
surface form: Ariane 5

Ariane 6 ⓘ
Soyuz rocket ⓘ
surface form: Soyuz-ST

Vega ⓘ
Vega launch vehicle programme ⓘ
surface form: Vega-C
locatedIn French Guiana ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
near equator ⓘ
operator Arianespace ⓘ
CNES ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form: ESA

European Space Agency ⓘ
Guiana Space Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Guiana Space Centre
ownedBy Government of France ⓘ
partOf European spaceport network ⓘ
primaryUser Arianespace ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ
runBy CNES on behalf of France and ESA ⓘ
significance key infrastructure for European access to space ⓘ
main launch site for Europe’s heavy-lift rockets ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor Earth observation missions ⓘ
commercial satellite launches ⓘ
flagship space observatory launches ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ
navigation satellite launches ⓘ
scientific missions ⓘ
telecommunications satellite launches ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guiana Space Centre → alsoKnownAs → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Spatial Guyanais
French Guiana → contains → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Spaceport at Kourou
French Guiana → contains → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana Space Centre ELA-1
James Webb Space Telescope → launchLocation → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kourou, French Guiana
ATV spacecraft → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Ariane 5 ECA → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
BepiColombo mission → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
subject surface form: BepiColombo
CNES → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Fine Guidance Sensor → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Gaia observatory → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Herschel Space Observatory → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
JUICE mission → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
James Webb Space Telescope → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
MICROSCOPE satellite mission → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE
Planck spacecraft → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Rosetta mission → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
Soyuz rocket → launchSite → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kourou Spaceport
CNES → operates → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
European Space Agency → operatesFrom → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana
Guiana Space Centre → operator → Guiana Space Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Guiana Space Centre
French Guiana → spaceport → Guiana Space Centre ⓘ