Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre, also called Europe's Spaceport, is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Space center
- Description: French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana
- Also known as: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”, “Europe’s Spaceport”, and “Guiana Space Center”
Photo: K’m, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: DLR German Aerospace Center, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ariane 4 Launch Area and Vega Launch Area.
Ariane 4 Launch Area
Photo: Jef-Infojef, CC BY-SA 3.0.
ELA-2 is a launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Located approximately 750 metres south of ELA-1, it was used by Arianespace to support the launches of Ariane 2, Ariane 3, and Ariane 4 between 1986 and 2003. Ariane 4 Launch Area is situated 2 km northwest of Guiana Space Centre.
Vega Launch Area
ELV is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana supporting launches of the Vega and Vega C rockets. It was first built in November 1971 and was previously used to support launches of the Europa, Ariane 1 and Ariane 3 rockets. Vega Launch Area is situated 2½ km north of Guiana Space Centre.Guiana Space Centre
- Categories: spaceport and transportation
- Location: Kourou, Arrondissement of Cayenne, Guyane, French Guiana, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Guiana Space Centre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز جويانا للفضاء”
- Arabic: “مركز غويانا للفضاء”
- Armenian: “Կուրու տիեզերակայան”
- Asturian: “Puertu espacial de Kourou”
- Balinese: “Pusat Antariksa Guyana”
- Belarusian: “Гвіянскі касьмічны цэнтар”
- Belarusian: “Касмадром Куру”
- Belarusian: “Куру”
- Bulgarian: “Гвиански космически център”
- Bulgarian: “Космически център Гвиана”
- Catalan: “Centre Espacial de Kourou”
- Catalan: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Catalan: “Guiana Space Center”
- Catalan: “Guiana Space Centre”
- Catalan: “Port espacial de Kourou”
- Catalan: “Port Espacial Europeu de Kourou”
- Cebuano: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Central Kurdish: “ناوەندی بۆشاییی گویانا”
- Chinese: “圭亚那太空中心”
- Chinese: “圭亚那航天中心”
- Chinese: “圭亞那太空中心”
- Chinese: “库鲁发射场”
- Chinese: “库鲁航天中心”
- Chinese: “盖亚那太空中心”
- Chinese: “蓋亞那太空中心”
- Czech: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Czech: “Guyanské kosmické centrum”
- Danish: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- Danish: “Guiana Space Centre”
- Danish: “Kourou”
- Dutch: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Dutch: “Europese lanceerbasis Kourou”
- Esperanto: “Gujana kosmodromo”
- Esperanto: “Gviana kosmodromo”
- Estonian: “Guajaana kosmodroom”
- Estonian: “Guajaana kosmosekeskus”
- Finnish: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Finnish: “Guayanan avaruuskeskus”
- Finnish: “Guiana Space Centre”
- Finnish: “Guyana Space Centre”
- Finnish: “Guyanan avaruuskeskus”
- French: “base de Kourou”
- French: “base de lancement de Kourou”
- French: “Base Marquise-de-Maintenon”
- French: “base spatiale de Kourou”
- French: “centre de lancement de Kourou”
- French: “centre spatial en Guyane française”
- French: “centre spatial guyanais”
- French: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- French: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- French: “CSG”
- Galician: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Galician: “Centro espacial de Kourou”
- Galician: “Centro Espacial de Kourou”
- Galician: “Centro espacial Guayana”
- Galician: “Centro Espacial Guayanes”
- Galician: “CSG”
- Galician: “Porto Espacial Europeo de Ko”
- Georgian: “გვიანის კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
- German: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- German: “Europäischer Weltraumbahnhof”
- German: “Raumfahrtzentrum Guayana”
- German: “Weltraumbahnhof Kourou”
- German: “Weltraumzentrum Guayana”
- Greek: “Διαστημικό Κέντρο Γουιάνας”
- Greek: “Διαστημικό Κέντρο Κουρού”
- Guianese Creole French: “Sant èspasyal gwiyannen”
- Hebrew: “בסיס החלל האירופי קורו”
- Hebrew: “מרכז החלל הגיאני”
- Hindi: “गुयाना अंतरिक्ष केंद्र”
- Hungarian: “Guyana Űrközpont”
- Indonesian: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Indonesian: “Pusat Antariksa Guyana”
- Italian: “Base spaziale di Kourou”
- Italian: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- Italian: “Centro spaziale guianese”
- Italian: “Centro spaziale guyanese”
- Japanese: “ギアナ宇宙センター”
- Japanese: “ギアナ宇宙基地”
- Japanese: “クールー宇宙センター”
- Korean: “기아나 우주 센터”
- Latvian: “Gaijanas kosmiskais centrs”
- Latvian: “Gviānas kosmiskais centrs”
- Latvian: “Gviānas kosmodroms”
- Latvian: “Gviānas Kosmosa centrs”
- Latvian: “Kuru kosmodroms”
- Latvian: “Kuru”
- Lithuanian: “Gvianos kosminis centras”
- Lithuanian: “Kuru kosmodromas”
- Luxembourgish: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Malay: “Pusat Angkasa Guiana”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Norwegian: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- Persian: “پایگاه فضایی اروپا”
- Persian: “پایگاه فضایی گویان”
- Persian: “مرکز فضایی گویان”
- Polish: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Polish: “Gujańskie Centrum Kosmiczne”
- Polish: “Kosmodrom Kourou”
- Polish: “Port kosmiczny Kourou”
- Portuguese: “Base de lançamento de Kourou”
- Portuguese: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- Portuguese: “Centro Espacial da Guiana”
- Portuguese: “Centro Espacial de Kourou”
- Portuguese: “Centro Espacial Guianense”
- Romanian: “Centrul Spațial Kourou”
- Russian: “FRGUI”
- Russian: “Гвианский космический центр”
- Russian: “Куру”
- Serbian: “Космодром Куру”
- Slovak: “Centre spatial guyanais”
- Slovak: “Guyanské kozmické centrum”
- Slovak: “Guyanské stredisko pre vesmír”
- Slovenian: “Izstrelišče Kourou”
- Spanish: “Base Espacial de Kourou”
- Spanish: “Centro espacial de la Guayana”
- Spanish: “Centro espacial Guayana”
- Spanish: “Centro Espacial Guayanes”
- Spanish: “Centro Espacial Guayanés”
- Spanish: “CSG”
- Spanish: “Puerto espacial de Kourou”
- Spanish: “Puerto Espacial Europeo de Kourou”
- Swedish: “Centre Spatial Guyanais”
- Tajik: “Куру (пойгоҳи кайҳонӣ)”
- Tajik: “Куру”
- Tatar: “Gviana ğälämi üzäge”
- Turkish: “Guyana Uzay Merkezi”
- Ukrainian: “Куру”
- Vietnamese: “Trung tâm vũ trụ Guyane”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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French Guiana: Must-Visit Destinations
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