French Guiana News

On 7th May 2013, e2v high performance image sensors were launched into space on-board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite, the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite .

The European Space Agency has given final approval for the construction of a new space telescope that will map the geometry of the dark elements of the universe to an unprecedented accuracy.

Luxembourg-based private equity fund Altice Group has confirmed its intention to acquire Outremer Telecom, a long-established company with operations in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion and Mayotte, from its current owner, which is believed to be fellow PE firm , with the remaining shares to be retained by the company's current ... (more)

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy will be opening up their Uniform CPA Examination testing in Brazil to all qualified citizens and permanent residents of South America, starting July 1. Administration of the Uniform CPA Exam began in Brazil in February of last year, with citizens and ... (more)

European space consortium Arianespace would launch India's INSAT-3D, an exclusive meteorological satellite, from its spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on July 26.According to Indian space agency ISRO , AINSAT-3D is configured with advanced meteorological payloads - a six Channel Imager, 19 Channel Sounder along with data relay transponder and ... (more)

This river is in which South American country? 8.The scenic North Shore Mountains overlook Jericho Beach in a city that lies at the mouth of the Fraser River.

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E2v imaging sensors have been launched into space onboard the European Space Agency's Albert Einstein spacecraft, the fourth automated transfer vehicle to be sent to the International Space Station .

MOSCOW, June 11 A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday for a weeklong flight to study the operation of its liquid-propellant engines in the ionosphere, which spans from 50 to 250 miles above the Earth's surface.

ESA's ISS resupply ship ATV-4 known as "Albert Einstein" launched atop an Ariane rocket from French Guiana on June 5, 2013.

Azerspace-2, Azerbaijan's second telecommunications satellite, is scheduled for launch into orbit in 2018, Trend News Agency cites Azerspace's chairman Rashad Nabiyev as saying.

The satellite was carried into orbit from French Guiana by VERTA 1, the second Vega launcher.

A special delivery of peanut butter, pyjamas and parmesan cheese was blasted into the cosmos to bring some Earthly indulgences to the astronauts on board the International Space Station .

International Space Station Management Center Daily Summary Report Increment 36 Operations - Stage 36-6 06/05/13 6:30 pm Central Daylight Time 156/23:30 Greenwich Mean Time New Status: Automated Transfer Vehicle -4 Launch: ATV-4 Albert Einstein launched today at 4:52 p.m. CDT from Kourou, French Guiana.

Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket, a small launcher capable of hoisting a satellite payload of just 1.8 tonnes -- the equivalent mass of two small cars.

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION : The French West Indies consists of the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin and St. Barthlemy.

The Awarua tracking station allows technicians using a moderately-sized satellite dish outside and $NZ2 million-$NZ3 million worth of sophisticated equipment inside to track spacecraft.

ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

It carries out oil and gas exploration, development and production and the sale of hydrocarbons and related activities.

TWO new entrants to the South Australian resources sector have pledged to spend $79 million on exploration in the Cooper and Otway basins.