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CNES’s Secret Island: From Forgotten Ruins to Rocket Launches

After a long week at Guiana Space Centre, we board a boat in the port of Kourou. We are lucky, because the ocean is still and it’s not raining. From the locals we know that

2.04.2026 2 Authors

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Payload preparations at the Guiana Space Centre: what does preparing a satellite for the launch look like?

Before a satellite reaches the launch pad, it is built independently of the launch vehicle. The integration process begins in the preparatory infrastructure: in processing halls, airlocks, transfer corridors, security zones, and control rooms. In

11.02.2026 2 Authors

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From Shetland to the Azores: a practical guide to Europe’s new spaceports

The North Atlantic at night can be silent – just wind and waves. On a remote Norwegian island, under a thin ribbon of aurora, engineers close the last panels on a launch tower. Europe no

16.01.2026 2 Authors