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France grants Avio 10-year access to Kourou
Advanced Television
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August 22, 2025
The French government has granted Italian launch services provider Avio a ten-year licence to carry out Vega rocket operations from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Italy had pushed for access for some years, and on July 10th...
First Caracal helicopters land in French Guiana bringing new capability to jungle operations
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the French Army on August 12, 2025, the French Guiana Armed Forces have taken delivery of their first two H225M Caracal helicopters, marking a decisive step in the long-awaited renewal of rotary-wing...
Travel to Suriname and French Guiana is not worth it
Stabroek News
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August 5, 2025
Dear Editor, I do not recommend traveling to French Guiana or Suriname, especially if you are coming from Guyana. Here’s why: 1. Neither Suriname nor French Guiana compares to Guyana in natural beauty. 2. Immigration officers in Suriname are not...
‘Rivers Of Fate’ Ending Explained & Finale Recap: Did Janalice Go Back To Her Parents?
Digital Mafia Talkies
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August 20, 2025
Rivers of Fate’s ending showed Mariangel rescuing Janalice from the clutches of both Philippe Soutin and Prea and taking her back to her mother, Lizete. Why did Mariangel undertake such a task? A classmate of Janalice had leaked an explicit video...
Airbus picks Teledyne Space to provide imaging sensors on European MetOp-SG-A1 Earth-observation satellites
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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August 18, 2025
Summary points: Airbus selects Teledyne imaging sensors — CCD314, CIS119, and CCD327-20 — for the first MetOp-SG-A1 next-generation weather and Earth-observation satellites. MetOp-SG-A1 launched from Kourou to provide high-resolution...
EUMETSAT assumes control of inaugural Metop Second Generation satellite
SatNews
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August 18, 2025
EUMETSAT’s Mission Control Centre has officially taken the reins of the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, following the successful completion of the spacecraft’s launch and early operations phase (LEOP). Over three intense days,...
New European satellite launch lifts weather forecasting to new heights
World Meteorological Organization
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August 15, 2025
Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) lifted off on an Ariane-62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August. It is the first of the next generation of European polar-orbiting weather satellites and also hosts the new...
Europe launches MetOp-SG A1 meteorological satellite
CompositesWorld
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Source | 2025 ESA/CNES/ArianeSpace On Aug. 13, Europe’s next-gen meteorological satellites, MetOp-Second Generation (MetOp-SG) A1, successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 6 rocket. The...
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5A Launch Ushers in New Era for Weather and Climate Monitoring
Space Newscast
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August 13, 2025
KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA: In a significant event for European space science, the first MetOp Second Generation (MetOp-SG-A1) satellite—equipped with the advanced Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument—was successfully launched into orbit today atop an...
European satellite launches to boost extreme weather monitoring
The Sun Daily
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August 13, 2025
KOUROU: A new European satellite designed to improve extreme weather monitoring blasted into orbit aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana. The MetOp-SGA1 satellite will provide earlier warnings for deadly heatwaves, storms and other...
Video 00:04:21 Applications MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5: from cleanroom to space 14/08/2025 21 views 0 likes Play
ESA
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Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at...
Successful launch of Metop-SGA1 to take weather forecasting to new heights
Meteorological Technology International
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August 14, 2025
The Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, carrying the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 13. The satellite, which is the first in the...
Europe launches Sentinel-5A to improve global air quality monitoring
Open Access Government
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August 14, 2025
This latest addition to the Copernicus Earth observation program lifted off aboard an Ariane 62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:37 am CEST Wednesday, 13 August. The satellite confirmed successful deployment by...
Europe says it leads the world in Earth Observation. But what is it?
Euronews
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August 13, 2025
Published on 13/08/2025 - 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 16:11 The heavy-lift launcher, developed over a decade by the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup, was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana this Tuesday. After just over...
Europe launches first next-generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG A1, to boost forecast accuracy
Aviation24.be
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August 13, 2025
CU1 Fairing at EFA. 08-02-2025.Europe’s first next-generation meteorological satellite, MetOp-SG A1, was successfully launched on 13 August 2025 aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Built by Airbus for the European Space Agency...
VIDEO | European rocket seen over Susquehanna Valley
WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania
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August 13, 2025
Did you see a mysterious shiny object in the sky? On Tuesday night, a European rocket was seen flying over the Susquehanna Valley.Video above: Viewer captures rocket flying in the skyThe Ariane 6 rocket launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou,...
Metop-SG satellites to boost extreme weather nowcasting and climate monitoring
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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August 11, 2025
KOUROU, French Guiana - At 02:37 CEST on 13 August 2025, the Metop-SGA1 satellite of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) will lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 6 rocket. The...
Ariane 6 rocket launches with next-gen weather satellite as deadly heatwave hits Europe
Dunya News
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(AFP) - As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on Wednesday from French Guiana. Developed by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites,...
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 successfully launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite “This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter”
SatNews
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August 13, 2025
On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying EUMETSAT’s Metop-SGA1 satellite. With this second commercial flight, Ariane 6,...
Successful launch of Airbus-built satellite ushers in new era of meteorology
AeroTime News
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August 13, 2025
An Airbus-built satellite has been placed into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 800 km after successfully launching onboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 6 rocket blasted off on August 12,...