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Guiana Space Centre

French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana
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Guiana Space Centre

Summary

Guiana Space Centre is a spaceport[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of spaceport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,020 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guiana Space Centre is located in Kourou[3].
  • Guiana Space Centre is in the country of France[4].
  • Guiana Space Centre's instance of is recorded as spaceport[5].
  • Guiana Space Centre is operated by European Space Agency[6].
  • Guiana Space Centre's Commons category is recorded as Centre Spatial Guyanais[7].
  • 1964 marks the founding of Guiana Space Centre[8].
  • Guiana Space Centre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 5.2372222222222, 'lon': -52.760555555556}[9].
  • Guiana Space Centre's official website is recorded as http://www.cnes-csg.fr/web/CNES-CSG-en/4678-centre-spatial-guyanais-english-version.php[10].
  • Guiana Space Centre's official website is recorded as https://centrespatialguyanais.cnes.fr[11].
  • Guiana Space Centre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Guiana Space Centre[12].
  • Guiana Space Centre's place served by transport hub is recorded as Kourou[13].
  • Guiana Space Centre's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Centre spatial guyanais'}[14].
  • Guiana Space Centre's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Centre Spatial Guyanais[15].

Body

Founding

1964 marks the founding of Guiana Space Centre[8].

Operations

Guiana Space Centre is operated by European Space Agency[6].

Why It Matters

Guiana Space Centre ranks in the top 9% of spaceport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,020 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . cairn.info. Retrieved . cairn.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Place served by transport hub → Kourou
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