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Spaceflight Now
April 28, 2018
India's most powerful communications satellite will soon be flown back to its manufacturing plant in Bangalore for additional checks, officials said this week, forcing Arianespace to scrap plans for an Ariane 5 launch in late May that was to be co-manifested with a U.S.-built television broadcast satellite forÃÂ ...
RT
April 27, 2018
“So stop bombing Planet A,” was the hard-hitting rebuke from one Twitter user. Earlier this month France joined the US and the UK in launching airstrikes on Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack on the town of Douma. Macron said at the time he had proof that the Syrian government wasÃÂ ...
Upstream Online
April 27, 2018
... Repsol pursuing prospects down-dip of Liza in Guyana and Total planning to drill the Nasau prospect in French Guiana, the Guianas play is taking an important ... There has been lively debate about the way contractual relations between the government and oil companies have been handled, stirring upÃÂ ...
The Guardian
April 27, 2018
More than 90% covered by luxuriant rainforest, French Guiana has little in common with mainland France bar the name. Yet this corner of the Amazon forest is awaiting a decision by Emmanuel Macron's government over the development of a controversial open-pit gold mine that would be the country'sÃÂ ...
Rfid.org
April 11, 2018
The AIT Award, created in 2013, is presented annually to an individual, committee, group, or organization from the government sector that has ... The telescope will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in 2020 and is anticipated to be the premier observatory of the next decade, servingÃÂ ...
Dialogo Americas (blog)
April 6, 2018
”It enables better coordination between military organizations [2nd BIS, 34th BIS and 24th BIS], and marks the presence of the Brazilian government in the vast, under-populated areas along the border with Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.” Another 3,000 men on the border. The 22nd Brigade is stillÃÂ ...
TechCrunch
March 29, 2018
A new UK spaceport would actually make it the first such port in Europe, since the European Space Agency's (ESA) is located in the not-very-European-location of French Guiana in South America. The UK is already in a good position. Government figures suggest that a quarter of all telecoms satellites areÃÂ ...
EURACTIV
March 29, 2018
The French government will open a public debate on 3 April on the Montagne d'Or, a largely controversial gold mine project in French Guyana. But WWF France demands that ... It would be the first industrial mine in French Guiana and by far the largest gold mine on French territory. By its magnitude and theÃÂ ...
SpacePolicyOnline.com
March 28, 2018
Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual review of the program concluding that the March-June 2019 schedule was .... Once the spacecraft lifts off from Ariane's launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, it will proceed through a complicated deployment sequence enroute toÃÂ ...
The Verge
March 27, 2018
An audit from the Government Accountability Office earlier this month predicted that more delays would be on the way for the James Webb Space ... JWST is slated to ride to space on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in South America, and then travel out to 1 million miles beyond Earth.
BBC News
March 27, 2018
But then late last year, Nasa announced that it was pushing back the lift-off from the European spaceport in French Guiana to between March and June ... The US Government Accountability Office then conducted one of its regular reports on the project and found that even making a spring launch in 2019ÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 17, 2018
They announced they were carrying on with their movement, but were willing to hold new talks with government representatives. French Guiana in South America has experienced a similar influx from Haiti and neighbouring countries in recent years that has also put pressure on under-resourced hospitalsÃÂ ...
Engadget
March 15, 2018
The UK government's goal to play host to the first spaceport in Europe is taking a baby step closer to fruition today. After being introduced just over ... The European Space Agency (ESA) does have one of its own, but that's situated in the South American country of French Guiana. In addition to the proposedÃÂ ...
Citizen
March 14, 2018
The French government was facing fresh protests Wednesday on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, after citizen groups dismissed talks on efforts ... French Guiana, situated between Brazil and Suriname in South America, has experienced a surge of arrivals from Haiti and neighbouring countries inÃÂ ...
RFI
March 13, 2018
French Guiana, situated between Brazil and Surinam in South America, has experienced a surge of arrivals from Haiti and neighbouring countries in recent years that has also put pressure on under-resourced hospitals and schools. The government has said it is considering giving Mayotte's maternityÃÂ ...
Business News Americas
March 12, 2018
... (MEO) satellites were successfully launched into space by Arianespace onboard a Soyuz rocket, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana at ... will enable SES Networks to cater to the growing consumption of bandwidth in the telecom, cloud, maritime, energy, and government markets.
World Socialist Web Site
March 11, 2018
On March 16, 1943, demonstrations erupted against the Vichyite administration in the colony of French Guiana. Spurred by food shortages, the population marched on the government building and demanded the pro-fascist Governor Rene Weber break with Vichy France and Nazi Germany. By the followingÃÂ ...
FRANCE 24
March 5, 2018
“After getting over the sheer violence of the insult, the racism and the threat it contained, I am still floored by the fundamental message the author wanted to send: that even though I was elected to government, I am not qualified to get involved in French people's lives because of my African origins.”.
WeeklyHub
March 5, 2018
These stocks are those that are held by venture capitalists, inside traders, the government, among others. ... in the Haute Mana gold project that comprises eight contiguous mining concessions covering an area of 122.5 square kilometers in central French Guiana; and an option agreement to acquire a 75%ÃÂ ...
NASASpaceflight.com
March 3, 2018
The Government Accountability Office has issued a report to Congress regarding NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, noting the significant risk of additional launch slips beyond .... An Ariane 5 ECA – the same variant that will launch James Webb – lifts off from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana.
CNBC
February 23, 2018
The group met with multiple Brazilian government and military officials and looked at facilities that may be suitable for manufacturing, assembling and ... northern coast offers an opportunity to launch near the equator, much like the Guiana Space Centre, which is north of the equator in French Guiana.
CBS Miami
February 22, 2018
“It's useful for a lot of applications, environmental, also for big infrastructure tracking and planning, maritime surveillance and government applications like monitoring and surveillance for any specific items ... OneWeb plans to launch its first spacecraft later this year from French Guiana atop a Soyuz rocket.
Trinidad and Tobago News (blog)
February 21, 2018
As Government wrestles with seemingly intractable problems that bedevil the Trinidad-Tobago sea-bridge, and with the public's focus riveted on which ... said the port “will allow for expanded exploration and production of oil and gas in Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana as well as local deepwater activity…
EUobserver
February 14, 2018
Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (l) on a visit to French Guiana with French president Emmanuel Macron (r). He wants ... This left the EU's national government leaders - who, until then, had been able to handpick the commission president - with little room for manoeuvre. In the end, they had toÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
December 31, 1999
The European space agency has its own equatorial launch site at Kourou, French Guiana, 5 degrees north of the equator. ... Council last November, we organized the first U.S. space business mission to Brazil to communicate our interest in a partnership to the Brazilian government, develop a relationshipÃÂ ...
Space Daily
December 31, 1999
Carried out from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana, this launch also is Arianespace's second of the year for SES and the fourth it has ... join the existing O3b constellation to deliver high-speed connectivity to people and businesses in the growing mobility, fixed data and government markets.
SpaceNews
February 28, 2018
The European space agency has its own equatorial launch site at Kourou, French Guiana, 5 degrees north of the equator. ... Council last November, we organized the first U.S. space business mission to Brazil to communicate our interest in a partnership to the Brazilian government, develop a relationshipÃÂ ...
Space Daily
February 28, 2018
Carried out from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana, this launch also is Arianespace's second of the year for SES and the fourth it has ... join the existing O3b constellation to deliver high-speed connectivity to people and businesses in the growing mobility, fixed data and government markets.
Multichannel News
February 27, 2018
... ARPU, Viasat said ViaSat-2 will also support its efforts in other verticals, including in-flight broadband and in the business and government markets. ... data tiers and unlimited plans comes roughly nine months after the launch of ViaSat-2, a Boeing-built high-capacity satellite, from Kourou, French Guiana,ÃÂ ...
CNBC
February 23, 2018
The group met with multiple Brazilian government and military officials and looked at facilities that may be suitable for manufacturing, assembling and ... northern coast offers an opportunity to launch near the equator, much like the Guiana Space Centre, which is north of the equator in French Guiana.
Trinidad and Tobago News (blog)
February 22, 2018
As Government wrestles with seemingly intractable problems that bedevil the Trinidad-Tobago sea-bridge, and with the public's focus riveted on which ... said the port “will allow for expanded exploration and production of oil and gas in Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana as well as local deepwater activity…
CBS News
February 22, 2018
"It's useful for a lot of applications, environmental, also for big infrastructure tracking and planning, maritime surveillance and government applications like monitoring and surveillance for any specific items ... OneWeb plans to launch its first spacecraft later this year from French Guiana atop a Soyuz rocket.
EUobserver
February 14, 2018
Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (l) on a visit to French Guiana with French president Emmanuel Macron (r). He wants ... This left the EU's national government leaders - who, until then, had been able to handpick the commission president - with little room for manoeuvre. In the end, they had toÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
February 2, 2018
Liftoff of the Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:20 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. ... SES Government Solutions oversaw the integration of the payload on SES-14, procured the launch of the satellite with Arianespace, will facilitate command and control of the payload,ÃÂ ...
The Columnist
January 30, 2018
... Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, ... This report is from a Market database which is designed to be compatible with U.S. government databases.
SeafoodSource (blog)
January 30, 2018
According to the Guyane 1 channel of France TV Info website, government prosecutor Emmanuel Ferrand said the two accused were caught with 189 kilograms of wet bladders, 68 kilograms of dry bladders in the possession of the Brazilian, and 65 kilograms [in the possession of the Guyanese woman] forÃÂ ...
Capacity Media
January 29, 2018
The new satellites, which have arrived safely at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for launch by a Soyuz vehicle in ... The Ka-band satellites will offer low latency, fibre-like connectivity to people and businesses in the growing mobility, fixed data and government markets.
Gadgets Now
January 29, 2018
Out of those 156 areas, Isro is currently training government officials using space technology for 125 such projects like MGNREGA, navigation system and land demarcation plans. ... However, a heavier communication satellite, Gsat-11 weighing 5.7-tonne, will be launched from French Guiana this year.".
Latin American Herald Tribune
January 27, 2018
KOUROU, French Guiana – A rocket carrying two commercial satellites experienced a malfunction during lift-off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, ... Thursday evening's lift-off occurred at the Guiana Space Centre, which the French government and the European Space Agency use to launch satellites into space.
Khaleej Times
January 26, 2018
In the early hours of Friday morning, the UAE blasted Al Yah 3 into space from French Guiana, setting a new milestone to the country's journey to space. ... The communications satellite that belongs to YahSat, is owned by Mubadala Investment Company, which also has satellites that serve the government,ÃÂ ...
CBS News
January 25, 2018
A European Ariane 5 rocket boosted two high-power communications satellites into orbit Thursday from French Guiana, including one hosting a $53 ... Arianespace also launches a wide variety of government and scientific payloads and will be used in 2019 to launch NASA's $8.8 billion James WebbÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
January 25, 2018
Todd Gossett, senior director of hosted payloads at SES Government Solutions, said instruments like GOLD take advantage of their host satellite's power and telemetry ... GOLD is scheduled for blastoff Thursday at 2220 GMT (5:20 p.m. EST) aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
The National
January 25, 2018
Already on the launchpad at the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana, lift-off is set for the early hours of Friday morning, UAE time. Social media is buzzing about the launch with people using the hashtag #journeyofpride. Mubadala, the Government investment company, along with the UAEÃÂ ...
CBS News
January 25, 2018
A European Ariane 5 rocket carrying two high-power commercial communications satellites, including one hosting a $53 million NASA atmospheric science package, blasted off from French Guiana Thursday evening, but contact with the booster was lost moments after second stage engine ignition. The fateÃÂ ...
The Oracle Examiner
January 24, 2018
Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) represented a move of 2.52 percent or $0.09 per share and closed its previous day trading session at $39.83. 825567 Shares were traded in the last trading session with an Average Volume of 1.24 Million Shares. The stock currently has a Market Capitalization of 4.78ÃÂ ...
Rapid TV News
January 24, 2018
UAE's latest satellite Al Yah 3 is ready for launch by Arianespace from French Guiana on 25 January, to boost communication services across the Middle East, Africa and Brazil. Al Yah 3 25 Jan ... The satellites' operator, Yahsat, is owned by Mubadala, the investment of arm of the Abu Dhabi Government.
The Space Review
January 23, 2018
The Peru satellite project has generally been regarded as a success, as the Peruvian government has declared that “the investment it has made into the ... of Peru, its high-resolution Earth observation satellite, Peru-Sat1, was constructed by Airbus Defense and Space and launched from French Guiana inÃÂ ...
The National
January 22, 2018
In the early hours of January 26, UAE time, Al Yah 3 will be perched on top of commercial rocket in French Guiana and blasted into orbit. ... The company, wholly owned by Mubadala, the Government's strategic investment company, already covers much of the Middle East, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia,ÃÂ ...
Barbados Advocate
January 21, 2018
What this and Exxon's recent request to the Guyanese government for permission to drill up to 40 new wells after 2022 suggests, is that the country is ... and the Caribbean; turning South America's North-East corner into a development hub, especially if as seems possible Suriname and French Guiana alsoÃÂ ...
WKOW
January 20, 2018
They would assess various missions and see how far along they are in development - first up is the GOLD launch - which measures what happens when space weather from above meets terrestrial weather from below - but its launching from French Guiana so that helps. NASA space station managementÃÂ ...
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