An Ariane 6 rocket has roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher.

Following its arrival at Pariacabo harbor in Kourou, French Guiana, ESA's Biomass satellite has been rolled out of its shipment container, which kept it protected throughout its two-week voyage ...

TASS/. The launch of the Soyuz-ST carrier rocket with Galileo navigation satellites from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana has been rescheduled due to the unreadiness of a French telemetry ...

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket lifted off Thursday from French Guiana and deployed a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite into orbit for the French military, notching a success on its first operational ...

The rocket took off smoothly from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, quickly disappearing into thick clouds. Video images beamed back from the rocket showed the Earth’s beautiful ...

A Buckinghamshire-based SME is playing a crucial role in the upcoming launch of a pioneering international climate satellite. European Astrotech is key part of the European Space Agency's latest ...

PARIS, December 19//TASS/. A Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket has successfully blasted off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, carrying a satellite for the French military. The launch is ...

Observed at 15:00, Thursday 10 April BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are French Guiana Time (America/Cayenne, GMT-3) unless otherwise stated.