French Guiana

Russia ships Soyuz carrier rockets to Kourou spaceport

ST. PETERSBURG, November 7 (RIA Novosti) -- A special cargo ship carrying parts of two Russian Soyuz-ST rockets on Saturday left the port of St. Petersburg, heading to the Kourou space site, the Russian space agency said....

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DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA "barcodes" to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. Researchers have now...

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S Korea to launch weather-communications satellite next year

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korea plans to launch its first weather-communications satellite into space in March, 2010, the country's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said on Friday. According to the ministry,...

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DNA 'barcode' for tropical trees

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA `barcodes` to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. Jérôme Chave's team...

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Visual Science: Polishing a Cosmic Spyglass

THE MOMENT: The European Space Agencys Planck spacecraft gets a thorough cleaningincluding vacuuming and an ultraviolet inspection to check for dust particlesnear Kourou, French Guiana, before its launch last May 14. In August...

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Arianespace launches rocket in French Guiana with 2 satellites!

Updated on Friday, October 30, 2009, 13:40 IST Tags: Kourou: Arianespace has launched a rocket carrying two satellites that will provide direct TV broadcasts to continents including Europe, Asia and Africa. The Ariane 5...

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Another dual launch for Ariane 5

Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth...

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Rocket launches in French Guiana with 2 satellites

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Arianespace shoots two commercial satellites

PARIS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- European Space Agency successfully shot two telecommunication satellites NSS-12 and THOR 6 aboard Ariane 5 ECA launcher at 2000 GMT Thursday from Arianespace in Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane 5 was...

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Meet SMOS, the First Hydrological Satellite

The European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled to launch the world's first hydrological satellite on November 2, from its Kourou Space Center, in French Guiana, South America. The instrument will be uniquely equipped to analyze...

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