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The weather station
In order to anticipate weather conditions and minimize significant risks for the launcher, Europe’s spaceport set up a weather station from the very beginning of its activities.
The weather station
Satellite preparation
Europe’s spaceport provides its customers—who come from all over the world—with state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring optimal conditions for satellite preparation.
Satellite preparation
Pariacabo harbour
Pariacabo harbour, located on the Kourou river in the immediate vicinity of Europe’s spaceport, is primarily intended for transporting freight destined for the site: components of launch vehicles or satellites.
Pariacabo harbour
Launch centres
Ariane 6 and Vega-C each have a launch centre that can be compared to an aircraft cockpit, but on the ground. It has equipment to remotely control operations on the launch vehicle and its launch zone.
Launch centres
Jupiter 2 control room
The control centre enables general coordination of operations at the spaceport during launches: launch vehicle, launch base and satellite activities. After lift-off, it receives all the information about the launch vehicle's soundness and trajectory.
Jupiter 2 control room
Launch facilities
The launch sites include all the infrastructure needed on the ground to carry out assembly and integration operations for the various components of a launch vehicle, as well as for the launch itself.
Launch facilities
Test bench for solid propellant boosters (BEAP)
Among the many facilities of Europe's spaceport, the BEAP is one of a kind. It was specially designed for the development and qualification of the solid propellant engines that power the European launch vehicles.
Test bench for solid propellant boosters (BEAP)
Biomass: a look back at the preparation before the launch
With just a few hours to go before the launch of the Biomass mission from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, here is a look back at the key stages in the preparation of this unique satellite.
Biomass: a look back at the preparation before the launch
Biomass lifts off successfully under the rising sun in Kourou
On Tuesday, 29 April 2025, at 6:15 a.m., as the sky over Kourou was bathed in the first light of dawn, the Vega C rocket successfully lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Biomass lifts off successfully under the rising sun in Kourou
Flight Vega-C : VV26 mission in a nutshell
On April 29, 2025, Vega-C will launch Biomass, the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer satellite from Europe spaceport at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST).
Flight Vega-C : VV26 mission in a nutshell
New P160C motor all set for its hot-fire test
The hot-fire test of the new P160C motor, intended for Ariane 6, Vega-C, and Vega-E, is scheduled for 24 April between noon and 4 p.m. It will be conducted at Europe’s Spaceport on the solid booster test bench (BEAP).
New P160C motor all set for its hot-fire test
Easter in Orbit at Europe’s spaceport !
