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Kourou

A coastal town with a prominent rocket launch facility, surrounded by lush greenery and modern infrastructure, under a dramatic sky at sunset.

A coastal town in French Guiana, on the northern shoulder of South America, that hosts the Guiana Space Centre. Its low latitude — about five degrees north — gives rockets a useful boost from Earth's rotation, which is why the European Space Agency, Arianespace, and several commercial operators launch from there rather than from continental Europe.

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