Kourou - Wikipedia
Kourou (/ k uː ˈ r uː /; French pronunciation:) is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre , the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Guiana Space Centre - Wikipedia
The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, [3] [4] is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°.
Kourou — Wikipédia
Kourou est une commune française, située dans le département de la Guyane.Avec 24 470 habitants en 2022, Kourou est la cinquième commune la plus peuplée de ce département d’outre-mer (DOM) derrière Cayenne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Matoury et Rémire-Montjoly.. Autrefois connue pour son bagne, elle est actuellement surtout réputée pour abriter le Centre spatial …
Kourou | Space Exploration, Rocket Launches & Satellite Launches ...
Kourou, coastal town, north-central French Guiana, on the Kourou River. From 1854 to 1944 it served as a French penal colony. In the 1760s about 15,000 settlers from France and Germany, imagining the town to be the legendary El Dorado, arrived there to establish a colony under French sponsorship.
THE 15 BEST Things to Do in Kourou (2025) - Tripadvisor
2017年12月23日 · Things to Do in Kourou, French Guiana: See Tripadvisor's 3,029 traveler reviews and photos of Kourou tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in January. We have reviews of the best places to see in Kourou. Visit top-rated & …
ESA - Earth from Space: Kourou, French Guiana
2021年12月17日 · Ahead of the upcoming Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kourou – home to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, an overseas department of France.
ESA - Europe's Spaceport - European Space Agency
Europe's Spaceport is situated in the northeast of South America in French Guiana, an overseas department of France. In 1964 the French Government chose Kourou, from 14 other sites, as a base from which to launch its satellites.
Kourou – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Kourou is a town in French Guiana. Together with the Îles de salut (Salvation's Islands) outside the coast it used to be part of a penal colony for the worst criminals in France, but in 1946 the prisons were closed. Since the 1960s Kourou has been best known for the Guiana Space Centre.
Kourou (French Guiana) - From disaster emerged a Guyanese …
In February 1763, when the Treaty of Paris was signed, France had great ambitions for Guiana, one of the possessions it had retained in Tropical America. The project of the new colony of Guiana, at the mouth of the Kourou River, was daring.
Kourou - Discover French Guiana | Untamed Traveling
In Kourou, you will find two main sights of French Guiana: the national pride, the Ariane rocket launch site and the old prison camps on the offshore islands. The Ariane International Space Center, covering an area of 700 square kilometers, is one of the best in the world.