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• Another French company planning an inaugural suborbital flight is OPUS Aerospace, which will launch its Mesange rocket from the Guiana Space Centre. European Spaceflight
• Under a deal signed with the French National Centre for Space Studies, the mini-launcher will take off from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. phys.org
• At least 30 OneWeb satellites will launch on the first flight of Europe's next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, which is scheduled from French Guiana in the fourth quarter of this year. spaceflightnow.com
• Like Arianespace's other rockets, the Ariane 6 will launch from a spaceport in South America, located northwest of Kourou in French Guiana. Yahoo News
• JUICE has been undergoing final testing at Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France, and will shortly begin its journey to ESA's Guiana Space Center spaceport in French Guiana on South America's Atlantic coast. Space
• A test model of the Ariane 6, which is set to become ESA's new vehicle for getting payloads into low Earth orbit, is undergoing assembly in French Guiana in anticipation of its first launch in 2023. Gizmodo
• By 2030, French Guiana wants 25% of its electricity mix to come from woody biomass. Climate Home
• As soon as Tuesday evening, the final Ariane 5 rocket will lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, carrying a French military communications satellite and a German communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit. Ars Technica
• Arianespace Ariane 64: Amazon Leo from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, will launch a mega constellation of 32 satellites for broadband internet access, managed by Amazon's subsidiary Kuiper Systems LLC. / USA KeepTrack
• Arianespace Ariane 64: Amazon Leo from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Amazon Leo is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. KeepTrack
• Arianespace Ariane 64: Amazon Leo from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Amazon Leo will deploy 32 satellites for low Earth orbit broadband internet services, as part of a larger constellation managed by Amazon's Kuiper Systems LLC. KeepTrack
• The launch of NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana could mark a triumph in a tale that thousands of astronomers have been following for a generation. GeekWire

Last updated: 16 June 2026