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    Kourou (/kuːˈruː/; French pronunciation: [kuʁu]) is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is...
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    a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 310 mi (500 km)...
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    Kourou (French pronunciation: [kuru]) is a river in French Guiana, discharging into the Atlantic Ocean. It is 144 km (89 mi) long. The town of Kourou...
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  • Kourou is a commune in French Guiana. Kourou may also refer to: Kourou (river), a river in French Guiana Kourou, Burkina Faso, a village Kourou (crater)...
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  • The Kourou Football Club (KFC) is a Guianan football club based in Kourou. The club competes in the Ligue de Guyane, the top tier of Guianan football...
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    Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, crossing the municipalities of Macouria, Kourou, Sinnamary (the stretch of road between Kourou and Sinnamary is locally called Route de l'espace...
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  • Guiana Transport in French Guiana Google Maps - Kourou GreatCircleMapper - Kourou OpenStreetMap - Kourou HERE/Nokia - Kourou OurAirports - Kourou v t e...
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    off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres). The island was a part of a controversial...
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    The canton of Kourou (French: Canton de Kourou) is one of the former cantons of the Guyane department in French Guiana. It was located in the arrondissement...
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  • Koalou or Kourou is a neutral zone between Benin and Burkina Faso containing the villages of Koalou, Niorgou I, and Niorgou II. The 68 km2 area of land...
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    vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou (French Guiana), France. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 6 will...
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  • Kourou Station (also known as Kourou 93) is an ESTRACK satellite ground station in French Guiana. Two antennas are located at the site: A 15-meter one...
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  • Kourou Monastiri (Greek: Κουρού Μοναστήρι; Turkish: Çukurova "Çukurova", previously Kuru Manastır) is a Turkish Cypriot village in the Nicosia District...
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    2011. "VIDEO Romania's first satellite Goliat successfully launch from Kourou base in French Guyana – Top News". HotNews.ro. 13 February 2012. Archived...
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    Launch at the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana...
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  • 1996 Inactive Hot Bird 3 (Eurobird 4) Kourou Junk orbit 2 September 1997 Inactive Hot Bird 4 (Atlantic Bird 4) Kourou Junk orbit 27 February 1998 Inactive...
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    56 m (1.82 ft) and a span of 1.55 m (5.10 ft). The main launch site was Kourou, but the first flight on 26 September 1968 from this site failed. Twelve...
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    launched by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in August 2013, giving a major push to the country's...
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    established in 1958, then some of them were changed after the 1974 invasion (e.g. Kourou Monastiri in Nicosia District). Note: Names of the towns are written as...
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    built by the Estonian Student Satellite Foundation. ESTCube-2 launched from Kourou, French Guiana, with the European Space Agency's Vega launch vehicle on...
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    March 2022 Roscosmos under Rogozin suspended its participation in the ESA's Kourou, French Guiana spaceport, in a tit-for-tat move over the sanctions imposed...
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    Fregat from Kourou 1,500 m/s (4,900 ft/s) Delta-V deficit GTO with Fregat from Kourou with Fregat from Baikonur with Fregat from Kourou "АО "Конструкторское...
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    prison facilities on the South American mainland: just across the straits at Kourou, 50 kilometres (30 mi) east in Cayenne (which later became the capital of...
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  • track satellites that aren't in view of the ESA owned ground stations. Kourou Station (French Guiana) Kiruna Station (Sweden) Redu Station (Belgium) Santa...
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    Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre (also known as Soyuz at CSG or Arianespace Soyuz) was a European Space Agency (ESA) programme for operating Soyuz-ST launch...
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    Mount Tenakourou (redirect from Tena Kourou)
    Mount Tenakourou (also spelled Ténakourou, Tena Kourou or Téna Kourou) is the highest point in Burkina Faso. It is a hill situated on the border of the...
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    at the poles. Sites near the Equator, such as the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, are good locations for spaceports as they have the fastest...
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  • NOAA / NASA Geosynchronous Meteorology   Late June Ariane 62 VA262 FM1 Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace Bikini Demo The Exploration Company Low Earth Reentry...
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  • Kourou ELV Arianespace Biomass ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation   Earth Explorer 7 of the Living Planet Programme. H2 2024 (TBD) Vega-C Kourou ELV...
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    1968, the Guiana Space Centre, France's new national launching complex at Kourou, French Guiana, was officially declared to be operational; Diamant launches...
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