FACT SHEET · LAUNCH SITE
Guiana Space Centre (Kourou)
Europe's most important launch site. It is located near the equator: the Earth's rotation gives rockets an additional boost there. Ariane and Vega launch from here.
- Planned launches
- 67in the current launch schedule
- Last recorded
- 25in retrospect
- Location
- Französisch-GuayanaSüdamerika
Planned with: Ariane 64 Block 2 →, Ariane 62 →, Vega-C →, Ariane 62 Block 2 →, Miura 5 →, Ariane 64 →, Callisto, Ariane 6 →, Maia, Vega-E →, Vega-C Block 2 →
The next launches
- Amazon Leo (LE-04)No earlier than 23 Nov 2026 · Ariane 64 Block 2
- Metop-SG B1Planned for December 2026 · Ariane 62
- IRIDE 1Planned for 2026 · Vega-C
- IRIDE 2Planned for 2026 · Vega-C
- Galileo L15 (FOC FM28 & FM31)Planned for Q1 2027 · Ariane 62
Last
- Sentinel-3C & FLEX15 Sept 2026 · Vega-C · Successful according to the source
- MTG-I227 Aug 2026 · Ariane 62 · Successful according to the source
- Amazon Leo (LE-03)17 Jun 2026 · Ariane 64 Block 2 · Successful according to the source
- Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)19 May 2026 · Vega-C · Successful according to the source
- Amazon Leo (LE-02)30 Apr 2026 · Ariane 64 · Successful according to the source
Launch Schedule and Review: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs. Balance: GCAT (Jonathan McDowell, CC BY), orbital launch attempts. Dates may change.
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