Kourou
Britishnoun
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Previous Galileo satellites were primarily launched by Ariane 5 and Russian Soyuz rockets from Kourou.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory was launched in December 1999 from Kourou, French Guiana.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024
It follows a "successful" seven-minute-long, hot-fire test on the vehicle's main engine at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
Since its launch from Kourou, French Guiana, the telescope has traveled a million miles from Earth, entering its own orbit around the sun.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
They were landed at the mouth of the Kourou, where no preparation had been made for their reception, and where even water was not to be obtained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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