Kourou
Britishnoun
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The launch, scheduled at 1645 GMT, will be a first for Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
The satellite is due to be launched at 10:15 BST from ESA's Kourou station in French Guiana.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory was launched in December 1999 from Kourou, French Guiana.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024
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
Passing the Sinnamary and the Kourou, the Oyock is next reached, near the mouth of which is Cayenne, the capital of the colony, and thereafter the Approuage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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