News Archive / Tagged: French Guiana

• Ariane 5 rocket bids adieu after 27 years of service

  Derek RichardsonJuly 5th, 2023

  Nearly three decades after its debut launch, Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket has taken to the skies one last time, carrying a pair of communications satellites bound for geostationary orbit.

• Arianespace, OneWeb suspend Soyuz launches indefinitely

  Derek RichardsonMarch 4th, 2022

  In response to Russia withdrawing its Soyuz support personnel from Europe’s South American space port, Arianespace has suspended all future launches atop the Russian rocket.

• An ‘incident’ with the James Webb Space Telescope delays launch

  Theresa CrossNovember 23rd, 2021

  The James Webb Space Telescope has incurred another delay and is now set to launch from French Guiana no earlier than Dec. 22, 2021.

• Ariane 5 lofts two large communications satellites into orbit

  Theresa CrossOctober 24th, 2021

  Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket delivered two large communications satellites into space from the company’s South America launch site.

• James Webb Space Telescope being readied for launch

  Theresa CrossOctober 20th, 2021

  After more than two decades of development, NASA’s ambitious James Webb Space Telescope is finally at the launch site being prepared for its trip into space.

• Arianespace launches Vega rocket with PRISMA

  Derek RichardsonMarch 22nd, 2019

  An Arianespace Vega rocket launched an Italian Space Agency imaging satellite into Earth orbit to demonstrate a new electro-optical instrument.

• Arianespace successfully launches OneWeb satellites to orbit

  Joe LatrellFebruary 27th, 2019

  Despite concerns over about Soyuz launcher, Arianespace successfully placed the first six satellites of OneWeb's broadband constellation into orbit.

• Vega-C rocket solid rocket motor tested in French Guiana

  Jason RhianJanuary 29th, 2019

  The vast jungles of French Guiana echoed with the sounds of a different type of thunder other than the natural kind on Monday Jan. 28. An artificial roar was generated by a solid rocket motor that is planned for use on the Vega-C rocket Arianespace is developing to launch upcoming missions.

• Soyuz ST-B launches from French Guiana with Europe’s Metop-C weather satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 6th, 2018

  Arianespace made use of a Russian-built Soyuz ST-B rocket to launch the Metop-C spacecraft into a polar orbit for EUMETSAT.

• Arianespace delivers all-electric SES-15 to GTO on Flight VS17

  Curt GodwinMay 18th, 2017

  French multinational launch provider Arianespace continues to successfully clear its mission backlog induced by the "social movement" in French Guiana earlier in 2017. The company's Europeanized Soyuz ST-A medium-class rocket took to the skies with the SES-15 communications satellite at 7:54 a.m. EDT (11:54 GMT) May 18, 2017, from the Guiana Space Center in South America.

• Arianespace sets May 4 for Ariane 5 launch

  Derek RichardsonApril 27th, 2017

  After a resolution to the month-long protests that halted launches at the South American spaceport in French Guiana, Arianespace announced new dates for its next three flights to space.

• Vive la resolution!: French Guiana protests end, spaceport operations resume

  Curt GodwinApril 24th, 2017

  More than a month into a "social movement" that halted Arianespace launches, an agreement between French politicians and Guianan MPs has cleared the way for the France-based multinational launch provider to resume flights from the South American spaceport.

• Photo Gallery: Ariane 5 launches Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 satellites

  Derek RichardsonDecember 22nd, 2016

  KOUROU, French Guiana — Riding a column of flame, Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launched toward orbit carrying the Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 communications satellites. SpaceFlight Insider was there to photograph the event.

• Soyuz soars into space with two Galileo navigation satellites

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 24th, 2016

  Arianespace has successfully launched a Soyuz ST-B rocket into orbit carrying two navigation satellites for Europe’s Galileo network. Liftoff occurred, as planned, at 4:48 a.m. EDT (8:48 GMT) from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana.

• Soyuz ST-B to launch Galileo satellite duo on Tuesday

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 22nd, 2016

  A Soyuz ST-B rocket will take to the skies Tuesday, May 24, to orbit a duo of European Galileo navigation satellites. The spacecraft, designated Galileo 13 and 14, are slated to be lifted off at 4:48 a.m. EDT (08:48 GMT) from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana.