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spaceport

Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Europe's spaceport, on the Atlantic coast of French Guiana at about 5° north, and the clearest demonstration of why launch geography is worth money.

5.2, -52.8 · approximate · 1968–present

is uses of The commercial launch industry — European commercial launch has operated from Kourou since 1979 because a five-degree latitude minimises the plane change a geostationary payload must perform.

spaceport

Europe's spaceport, on the Atlantic coast of French Guiana at about 5° north, and the clearest demonstration of why launch geography is worth money.

5.2, -52.8 · approximate · 1968–present

is uses of The commercial launch industry — European commercial launch has operated from Kourou since 1979 because a five-degree latitude minimises the plane change a geostationary payload must perform.