Kourou
Britishnoun
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This sign, written in Russian, is still hanging inside an office at the site where Russia once launched its Soyuz rockets from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
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
“The fact that the women’s branches are on the ground every week, every day means that they analyze society very well,” Ms. Kourou said.
From New York Times • May 30, 2023
The most important are that from Cayenne to Mana by way of Kourou, Sinnamarie and Iracoubo, and that from Cayenne along the coast to Kaw and the mouth of the Approuague.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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