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Guiana Space Centre
Centre spatial guyanais

Panoramic view of Guiana Space Centre
Agency overview
Formed14 April 1964;60 years ago(1964-04-14)
JurisdictionGovernment of France
HeadquartersKourou,French Guiana
Employees1,700 direct (2020)
7,500 indirect (2011)
Agency executive
  • Philippe Lier, Director
Parent agencyESA/EUSPA/CNES
Websitecentrespatialguyanais.cnes.fr
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Coordinates5°10′08″N52°41′25″W/ 5.169°N 52.6903°W/5.169; -52.6903
OperatorArianespace,ESA
Total launches321
Launch pad(s)7
Launch history
StatusActive
First launch10 March 1970
ALFS launch history
StatusInactive
Launches412
First launch1968
Last launch1981
Associated
rockets		Sounding rockets
ALD launch history
StatusInactive
Launches8
First launch10 March 1970
Diamant B(Mika / Wika)
Last launch27 September 1975
Diamant BP4(Aura)
Associated
rockets
ELA-1 / ELVlaunch history
StatusActive
Launches49
First launch5 November 1971
Europa II(STV 4)
Last launch9 October 2023
Vega(THEOS-2)
Associated
rockets
ELA-2launch history
StatusInactive
Launches119
First launch28 March 1986
Ariane 3(GStar-2)
Last launch15 February 2003
Ariane 4(Intelsat 907)
Associated
rockets
ELA-3launch history
StatusInactive
Launches117
First launch4 June 1996
Ariane 5(Cluster)
Last launch5 July 2023
Ariane 5(Syracuse 4B/ Heinrich Hertz)
Associated
rockets
ELSlaunch history
StatusInactive
Launches27
First launch21 October 2011
Soyuz ST-B(Galileo)
Last launch10 February 2022
Soyuz ST-B(OneWeb L13)
Associated
rockets
ELA-4launch history
StatusActive
Launches1
First launch9 July 2024
Ariane 6(multiple payloads)
Associated
rockets
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TheGuiana Space Centre(French:Centre spatial guyanais;CSG), also calledEurope's Spaceport,[3][4]is aspaceportto the northwest ofKourouinFrench Guiana,aoverseas regionofFranceinSouth America.Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its nearequatoriallocation and open sea to the east and north.

At CSG, space launches are conducted by several European private companies and government agencies working together. The CSG land itself is managed byCNES,the French national space agency. The launch infrastructure built on the CSG land is owned by theEuropean Space Agency.The private companyArianespaceoperates the launches including planning missions, handing customer relationships and overseeing the team at CSG at that integrates and prepares vehicles for launch. The rockets themselves are designed and produced by other companies,ArianeGroupfor theAriane 6andAviofor theVega.

History

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In 1964, Guiana was selected to become the spaceport of France,[5][6]replacing France's first launch siteCentre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciauxinHammaguir,Algeria.[7]In 1975, France offered to share Kourou with the ESA, with ESA covering today two thirds of Guiana Space Centre's budget.[5][6]Commercial launches are also bought by non-European companies. ESA pays two-thirds of the spaceport's annual budget and has also financed the upgrades made during the development of theArianelaunchers.

On 4 April 2017, the center was occupied by 30 labour unions andindigenous peoplesleaders in the midst of the2017 social unrest in French Guiana.The center resumed operation on 24 April 2017, after an emergency relief plan of up to 2.1 billion euros was authorized by the French government.[8][9]

Facilities

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The location of the space centre was selected based on various factors. One of the primary benefits of this spaceport is its proximity to theequator,which makes it more efficient, requiring substantially less energy, to launch spacecraft into annear-equatorial,geostationary orbitcompared to launching from spaceports at higherlatitudes.

Additionally, the centre's location adjacent to the open sea to the east reduces the potential risk of rocket stages and debris from launch failures falling on or near human settlements, which enhances safety during spaceflight activities.

Furthermore, rockets typically launch towards the east to take advantage ofEarth's rotationand theangular momentumit provides. The near-equatorial location of the Guiana Space Centre offers an advantage for launches to low-inclinationor geostationary Earth orbits, as rockets can be launched into orbits with an inclination of as low as 6°. In contrast, a rocket launched fromCape Canaveral Space Force Station,with a latitude of 28.5°, can only be launched to an inclination of 28.5°, requiring a significant amount of propellant to change the inclination.

The location of the Guiana Space Centre provides benefits for launching spacecraft into low-inclination or geostationary Earth orbits. Rockets of similar size to those used at other spaceports to place satellites intogeostationary transfer orbit(GTO), such as theProtonandAriane 5 rockets,can send similar payloads to alow Earth orbit(LEO). For example, the Proton rocket, launched from high latitudes in Russia, can only send 6,270kg to GTO, while the Kourou-launched Ariane 5 can send more than 10,000kg to GTO.[10][11]

BEC/ELA-1/ELV

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Main article:ELA-1

Originally built in the 1960s under the name ofBase Équatoriale duCECLES(English:ELDOEquatorial Base), the pad located at5°14′10″N52°46′30″W/ 5.236°N 52.775°W/5.236; -52.775was designed for theEuropa-II launch vehicle.One Europa-II was launched from the site in 1971, which ended in failure due to a guidance problem, before the program was cancelled.[12]

The pad at Giunana was demolished and subsequently rebuilt as the first launch complex for Ariane as ELA (Ensemble de Lancement Ariane). Redesignated later asELA-1,it was used forAriane 1andAriane 2 and 3launches until being retired in 1989.[13]

In November 2001, it was refurbished again for theVega rocketand renamed ELV (Ensemble de Lancement Vega). The first launch was on 13 February 2012.[14]

ELA-2

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An Ariane 4 rocket at ELA-2

The ELA-2 pad (Ensemble de Lancement Ariane-2), located at5°13′55″N52°46′34″W/ 5.232°N 52.776°W/5.232; -52.776,built in 1986, had been used forAriane 4launches from 1988 until 2003. Before 1988, although purpose-built forAriane 4,the pad hosted anAriane-2and twoAriane-3launches. The complex consisted of two areas: the launcher preparation zone and the launch pad, separated by one kilometre, allowing a launcher to be assembled in the preparation zone while another launch from the pad. A mobile service tower at the launch pad provided a protected environment for payload installation and final preparation of the rocket.[15]Following the retirement of theAriane 4in favor of theAriane 5,In September 2011, the pad's service tower was demolished using explosives.[16]

ELA-3

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Main article:ELA-3

ELA-3 (Ensemble de Lancement Ariane-3) was active between 4 June 1996 and 5 July 2023, launching theAriane 5.This facility is located at5°14′20″N52°46′05″W/ 5.239°N 52.768°W/5.239; -52.768and covers an area of 21 km2(8.1 sq mi).[17]

ELA-4

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Main article:ELA-4

ELA4 is located along theRoute de l'Espacein the Roche Christine site at5°15′45″N52°47′27″W/ 5.26258°N 52.79074°W/5.26258; -52.79074,between ELA-3 and ELS launch facilities. CNES was responsible for the construction of the Ariane 6 ground segments including the new launch pad. Earthworks on the 150 hectare launch site began at the end of June 2015 and was completed at the start of 2016. Four platforms were levelled to accommodate the launch pad, the liquid oxygen and hydrogen tanks and the assembly building. Civil engineering works on the flame trench and other buildings began in the summer of 2016 and ended in 2019.[18][19]The new launch facility was inaugurated on 28 September 2021 with first flight of the Ariane 6 conducted on 9 July 2024.[20]

ELS / Soyuz at CSG

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Main articles:Ensemble de Lancement SoyouzandSoyuz at the Guiana Space Centre

ESA has built ELS (Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz) at5°18′18″N52°50′02″W/ 5.305°N 52.834°W/5.305; -52.834for launching Russian-builtSoyuz-2rockets. The first Soyuz launch from ELS was postponed several times, but launched on 21 October 2011.[21]

ELS is located on the territory ofSinnamarycommune, 27 km (17 mi) from Kourou harbor.[22]It is 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of the site used for the Ariane 5 launches. Under the terms of the Russo-European joint venture, ESA will augment its own launch vehicle fleet with Soyuz rockets – using them to launch ESA or commercial payloads – and the Russians will get access to the Kourou spaceport for launching their own payloads with Soyuz rockets. Russia will use the Guiana Space Centre in addition toBaikonur Cosmodrome.The Guiana location has the significant benefit of greatly increased payload capability, owing to the nearequatorialposition. A Soyuz rocket with a 1.7 tones to geostationary transfer orbit performance from Baikonur will increase its payload potential to 2.8 tones from the Guiana launch site.[23]

The ELS project is being co-funded by Arianespace, ESA, and theEuropean Union,with CNES being the prime contractor. The project has a projected cost of approximately €320 million, where €120 million are allocated for modernizing the Soyuz vehicle.[24]The official opening of the launch site construction occurred on 27 February 2007.

On 13 September 2010, Spaceflight Now reported that after several delays in the construction of a mobile gantry the launch pad had been finished, and the first flight of the Soyuz was expected to occur in early 2011.[25]By October 2010, 18 launch contracts were signed. Arianespace has ordered 24 launchers from Russian industry.[26]

On 21 October 2011, twoGalileo IOV-1 and IOV-2satellites were launched using a Soyuz-ST rocket, in the "first Russian Soyuz vehicle ever launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.".[27]

On 26 February 2022,Roscosmosannounced that it was suspending operations at ELS as a reaction tointernational sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[28]According toStephane Israël,CEO of Arianespace, "there will no longer be Soyuz launches" from the Guiana Space Center.[29]

Final assembly building

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Astrium assembles each Ariane 5 launcher in the Launcher Integration Building. The vehicle is then delivered to the Final Assembly Building for payload integration by Arianespace.[30]The Final Assembly Building is located 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from the ELA-3 launch zone. The mobile launch table completes the trip with an Ariane 5 in about one hour. It is then secured in place over the launch pad's flame ducts.[31]

Launches

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Launch safety

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Fire safety is ensured by a detachment of theParis Fire Brigade,a branch of theFrench Army.Security around the base is ensured byFrench Gendarmerieforces, assisted by the3rd Foreign Infantry Regimentof theFrench Foreign Legion.[citation needed]Before and during launch windows, CSG facility security is significantly enhanced by anti-personnel and anti-aircraft measures, the exact configurations of which are classified by the French military. All entrants to the launch complex are also subject to checks for proof of permission to enter the facility.[citation needed]

The Guiana Space Centre (as per CNES) also contains theÎles du Salut,a former penal colony including the infamousDevil's Island.Now a tourist site, the islands are under the launching trajectory forgeosynchronous orbitand have to be evacuated during launches.

Early launches

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  • 10 March 1970 – The firstDiamant-Blaunched the DIAL/MIKA and DIAL/WIKA satellites. DIAL/MIKA failed during launch, but it entered orbit with a total mass of 111 kg.[32]DIAL/WIKA provided data for about two months after launch.[33]

Recent launches

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  • 21 May 2011 – 04:38 (GMT+08:00) An Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle launched carryingST-2Satellite twice as powerfulSingtel's first satellite ST-1, which was launched back in 1998. It will provide 20% more transponder capacity and a wider coverage footprint thanST-1,with C-band and Ku-band coverage of theMiddle East,Central Asia,Indian subcontinentandSoutheast Asia.[citation needed]
  • 21 October 2011 – ASoyuz-2carrying twoGalileosatellites was launched. This was the first launch of a Soyuz rocket at the Centre Spatial Guyanais.[34]
  • 17 December 2011 – A Soyuz carrying the French space agency'sPleiades 1Earth imaging satellite, fourELISAelectronic intelligence satellites, and theSSOTremote sensing satellite for theChilean military.This was the second launch of a Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre.[35]
  • 13 February 2012 – TheVega,which was designed inItaly,lifted off at 10:00 UTC on its maiden voyage. The launcher released nine satellites into orbit: two Italian satellites and sevenpico-satellites.[36]
  • 5 July 2012 – The uncrewed Ariane 5 rocket took off to send an American communication satellite and European weather-monitoring spacecraft into orbit. Liftoff occurred at 21:36 UTC.[37]
  • 30 August 2013 – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the advanced multi-band communication satelliteGSAT-7.[38]It was 17th Indian satellite launched fromESAwithAriane 5.[39]
  • 16 October 2014 – An Ariane 5 launch vehicle carrying the communication satelliteARSAT-1to orbit. It is the first geostationary satellite built by a Latin American country,Argentina,and the second one of the Americas, after the U.S.
  • 30 September 2015 – An Ariane 5 launch vehicle carrying the communication satelliteARSAT-2to orbit, being the second Argentine geostationary satellite built in two years.
  • 1 October 2015 –Sky Muster(NBN-Co 1A) is a communication satellite launched on anAriane 5 ECAlaunch vehicle. Sky Muster is the first satellite of an operation to improve Australia's internet with theNBNprogram.
  • 6 October 2016 –Sky Muster II(NBN-Co 1B) is a communication satellite launched on an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. Sky Muster II is the second satellite of an operation to improve Australia's internet with the NBN program.
  • 28 January 2017 – ASoyuz-2 STBcarrying the geostationary communication satelliteHispasat 36W-1to orbit. It is the first of the ESA's "Small-GEO" class of satellites.
  • 14 February 2017 – An Ariane 5 launch vehicle carrying the commercial communication satellitesSky Brasil 1(Intelsat 32e) and Telekom 3S launched the satellites to a geostationary orbit.
  • 25 January 2018 – Partial failure of Ariane 5 launch vehicle onAriane flight VA241.
  • 19 October 2018 – An Ariane 5 launched the European-JapaneseBepiColombomission toMercury.[40]
  • 5 February 2019 – An Ariane 5 launched theSaudiGeostationary SatelliteSGS-1(also known asSaudiGeosat-1/HellasSat-4).
  • 11 July 2019 – Vega failed to launchFalcon Eye 1satellite forUnited Arab Emirates Armed Forces.
  • 15 August 2020 – An Ariane 5 launchedMEV-2,BSAT-4b,andGalaxy-30.[41]
  • 17 November 2020 – Vega failed to launchTARANISandSEOSat-Ingenio.[42]
  • 25 December 2021 – An Ariane 5 launched theJames Webb Space Telescope.[43]
  • 13 December 2022 — An Ariane 5 launched the first third generation Meteosat:Meteosat MTG-I1.[44]
  • 21 December 2022 – Vega-C failed to launch twoPléiades Neosatellites fromAirbus Defence and Space.[45]
  • 14 April 2023 – An Ariane 5 launched theJUICEspace probe on an 8-year journey to Jupiter, including four gravity assist maneuvers at the Moon, Earth, and Venus, where it will study three ofJupiter'sGalilean moons:Ganymede,Callisto,andEuropa.[46]
  • 5 July 2023 – Ariane 5 launched twomilitary communication satellitesfrom France and Germany (Syracuse 4BandHeinrich Hertz) as its final mission.[47]
  • 9 July 2024 –Ariane 6launched on its maiden flight.

Launch statistics

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As of 10 October 2023[48][49]

As of 2017,Kourou counts amongst the spaceports with the highest percentage of successful launches, both successive and overall. Here is a chronology of all orbital launches from the Kourou spaceport since 1970, under the French and European space programmes.

Flights by launcher

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3
6
9
12
15
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Active:
  • Ariane 6
  • Vega

Retired:

Flights by mission outcome

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3
6
9
12
15
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020

Success Failure Partial Failure Scheduled

Local impact

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The space sector was responsible for about 15% of French Guiana's GDP in 2014, around half of the 28% it was in 1990. This reduction is mostly due to expansion in other sectors, rather than decreasing space activity. As of 2020, the space sector employed 4,620 people in Guiana, meaning the industry was responsible for just under 10% of salaried jobs in the overseas department,[50]though there are estimates that as many as 9,000 people are employed directly and indirectly as a result of activities at the spaceport.[51]The Guiana Space Centre (or CSG) is one of the spaceports in the world that receives the most traffic, and it receives large amounts of funding from the European Space Agency (ESA), with the organisation covering around 66% of the spaceport's annual budget, as well as financing new facilities.[52]Indigenous and local activist groups argue that mainland France is only interested in French Guiana as far as the space centre is concerned, and the funding that the space centre receives is symbolic given the inequity in living standards seen between the department and mainland France.[53][54]For example, despite there being high poverty levels and unemployment rates of over 20% in the department, the cost of living remains high due to a dependence on mainland France for imported food and resources, yet large amounts of funding are invested in the space programme, rather than in public services for the department.[55]

The department became the site of strikes and protests throughout March and April 2017, which were held to highlight the insecurity and infrastructural issues facing French Guiana. Alongside 30 labour unions who launched strikes, the Collective of 500 Brothers led protests in Kourou, which spread across the entire country, and resonated in mainland France.[56][57]On 21 March 2017, the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket carrying a Brazilian satellite and a South Korean satellite was prevented due to protesters and workers on strike from the CSG blockading the centre.[58]Further strikes and occupation of the space centre meant that the satellites were not launched until May 2017.[59]Negotiations between the French government and Guianese protesters resulted in a rejection of a €1.1 billion offer made by the French, with the Guianese demanding at least €3 billion in aid.[54]Since the protests, CNES (National Centre for Space Studies), the French government space agency that operates the spaceport, added an additional €10 million to the €40 million it had already pledged to fund economic and social programmes in French Guiana.[51]

See also

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