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As education is a fundamental part of CNES’s mission, it is naturally central to its activities in French Guiana.

Having been involved from the outset in the development of French Guiana’s economic and social fabric, CNES works in consultation with local stakeholders.

CNES provides local stakeholders with its resources and expertise in administrative, technical and scientific matters to support economic and social development and education.

The decision to create a spaceport in French Guiana in 1964 linked the history of CNES, the site’s owner and co-manager, to that of French Guiana itself.

On 30 April, Géraldine Naja, ESA’s Director of Space Transportation, and Philippe Lier, Director of Europe’s spaceport, formalised a new funding agreement under the ESA-French space agency contract for operating Europe’s spaceport between 2026 and 2030.

The Lum@link submarine cable project was officially unveiled in Cayenne on 21 January during a symbolic ceremony on Montabo beach.

On April 28, 2026 local time, Arianespace will launch 32 Amazon Leo satellites aboard Ariane 6 in its Ariane 64 configuration from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Launch window : 05:51 - 06:39 Kourou time, 10:51 - 11:39 Paris/Berlin time.

The European Sentinel-1D observation satellite landed this week at Félix Éboué Airport. It then arrived at Europe’s spaceport to start its take-off preparation. Look back in pictures.

The result of a partnership between Russia and Europe, Soyuz in French Guiana offered customers a launcher capable of carrying satellites weighing between 3 and 5 tonnes, depending on the type of orbit.

Launched in the 1970s, the Ariane programme is inextricably linked with Europe’s spaceport. Built on work carried out by the French space agency, it is one of the flagship projects supported by Europe in space to achieve independent access to space.

Initially intended as the French launch base, Europe’s spaceport has transcended national borders to become the guarantor of Europe’s independent access to space.

Diamant, France’s first satellite launcher, began its career in 1965 at Hammaguir in Algeria, and went on to carry out eight launch missions, putting seven satellites into orbit from the French Guiana Space Centre between 1970 and 1975.