Kourou

British

/ ˈkuːruː /

noun

a town in N central French Guiana; site of the European Space Agency's launch and research base. Pop: 19 107 (1999)

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A European Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from France's Kourou space base in French Guiana early Wednesday, carrying two Galileo global navigation satellites, according to an AFP correspondent.

From Barron's

Previous Galileo satellites were primarily launched by Ariane 5 and Russian Soyuz rockets from Kourou.

From Barron's

A European Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from France's Kourou space base in French Guiana on Tuesday night, carrying a new environmental monitoring satellite, an AFP correspondent said.

From Barron's

The satellite is due to be launched at 10:15 BST from ESA's Kourou station in French Guiana.

From BBC

ESA's XMM-Newton observatory was launched in December 1999 from Kourou, French Guiana.

From Science Daily

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