News: French Guiana

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Super-rocket's next critical test

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 9:05
related countries: France

Europe's most powerful rocket to date, the Ariane 5-ECA, is set to blast off from French Guiana.
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Heavy-lift Ariane flies skyward

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 23:57
related countries: France
related places: Kourou

Europe's most powerful rocket - the Ariane 5-ECA - has launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
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Fourteen dead in French Guiana

Friday, April 21st 2006, 16:12
related countries: France

Twelve children are among 14 people found dead in a remote French Guiana village.
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Ariane rocket delivers satellites

Friday, October 13th 2006, 23:42
related countries: France

Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5-ECA rocket puts three satellites in orbit after taking off from French Guiana.
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Ariane sends satellites to orbit

Friday, December 8th 2006, 23:59
related countries: France

Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket puts two satellites in orbit after taking off from French Guiana.
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Lost men ate jungle spiders

Friday, April 6th 2007, 17:05
related countries: France

Two French hikers who got lost in the French Guiana jungle ate spiders and turtles to survive.
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Japanese satellite rides skyward

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 22:18
related countries: France, Japan

The first home-designed and built telecoms satellite for Japan goes safely into orbit from a launch pad in French Guiana.
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Telescopes ready for rocket ride

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 11:23
related countries: France
related places: Kourou

Europe prepares to launch the 1.9bn-euro Herschel and Planck observatories from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
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Lift-off for European telescopes

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 13:12
related countries: France
related places: Kourou

An Ariane 5 rocket carrying Europe's Herschel and Planck space telescopes launches from Kourou in French Guiana.
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