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... operations but that it would take longer than originally thought. The European space program at Kourou would resume with launches of several experimental rockets scheduled in 1979 and a satellite launch ... than 225 balloons, satellites, and sounding rockets. Its location 5° north of the equator made Kourou especially suitable for equatorial launches. The largest of its disappointments had been the failure of ...

... their early lessons trying to develop the Europa launcher, for one nearer the equator at Kourou that would enable Easterly azimuth launches. The Australians, in their turn, are currently considering developing ... , near Indonesia, located at 10 deg S with clear Easterly azimuths. A recent development at Kourou has been the decision to build a separate spaceport for the Soyuz launcher, and thus ...

... ) announced U.S.S.R. would cooperate in launching two space probes from France's Kourou Space Center. French Veronique rocket would launch Soviet radio-frequency spectrometer in mid-December in first use of Kourou facilities by U.S.S.R. France would also track Soviet MR-12 rocket carrying French mass spectrometer after launch in December from Soviet ship near Kourou. CNES also announced French Centaure rocket would launch Indian equipment Oct. 8 to test recovery ...

... French government halted operations of sounding-rocket and scientific satellite launchings from its base at Kourou , French Guiana, after 7 yr of activity that included launches of 275 rockets or balloons ... 1966-when the first launching in 1971 failed. The head of the operations division at Kourou said there was a complete lack of coordination among the countries, although France and its ...

... Latin American nations, including Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, were interested in making extensive use of Kourou space research base, French Guiana, according to Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) sources. New ... in 1969, with first segment handling sounding rocket firings early in 1968. Initial plans for Kourou facility had included three launch pads, but CNES was already making plans to expand the ...

... , W Post, 3/19/71, Al)'' NASA launched two sounding rockets. Nike-Cajun , launched from Kourou, French Guiana, carried Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC experiment to 125-km (77.7-mi ... . All 18 grenades detonated and were recorded on ground. Launch was last of four in Kourou series. Previous launches had been conducted March 5 and March 15-16. Nike-Tomahawk , launched ...

... of replacement satellites. ''(Klass, Av Wk, 12/11/72, M. 7)'' Future of France's Kourou, French Guiana, Space Center was uncertain because of uncertainty over European space programs, Aviation Week ... 18- to 20-month hiatus in French Diamant B launcher program. Only 1972 launches from Kourou had been 8 to 10 sounding rockets. French officials had discussed possibility of shutting down ...

... between the French government and the European Space Agency for use of launch facilities at Kourou , French Guiana, were signed in Paris by Michel d'Ornano, minister for industry and research, and Roy Gibson, director general of ESA . The Kourou facilities include the Guiana Space Centre belonging to France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales ...

... in Moscow allowing Russia to launch medium-weight satellite payloads from ESA's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Under the agreement, Europe would provide 344 million euros to build a launchpad ... four Soyuz rockets per year, beginning in 2008, Arianespace had already booked three launches from Kourou using the Russian Soyuz rocket~launches of one Australian telecommunications satellite and two French scientific ...

... Sweden, and negotiations were held with France for cooperative upper-atmosphere sounding rocket launchings at Kourou in French Guiana. Lunar material returned by Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 was studied by ...

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