Why are rockets launched from French Guiana?

It fulfills the two major geographical requirements of such a site: It is near the equator, so that less energy is required to manoeuvre a spacecraft into an equatorial, geostationary orbit.

Why is there a space station in French Guiana?

Overview. The Spaceport in French Guiana – also known as the Guiana Space Center – is a strategically-located facility that provides optimum operating conditions for Arianespace’s commercial launches with the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-size Soyuz and lightweight Vega.

What is the purpose of GSAT satellite?

The GSAT (Geostationary Satellite) satellites are India’s indigenously developed communications satellites, used for digital audio, data and video broadcasting.

Which Indian satellite has been recently launched from French?

GSAT-30
India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today. The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-251 lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana at 2:35 am IST carrying India’s GSAT-30 and EUTELSAT KONNECT for Eutelsat, as scheduled.

Does French Guiana want independence?

A referendum on becoming an autonomous overseas territory was held in French Guiana on 10 January 2010. The proposal was rejected by 70\% of voters who prefer full integration in the French central state. The turnout was 48\%.

Where does ESA launch rockets from?

Kourou
Launch sites and launchers ESA launches its missions from Europe’s spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana, or a Russian launch site, such as the Baikonur Cosmodrome or Plesetsk. Kourou lies just over 500 km north of the equator.

How many spaceports are there in the world?

Since then 28 spaceports have been used to launch satellites into orbit globally, with 22 still active today, according to data compiled at the beginning of 2021 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington DC-based think tank.

Which satellite is used in educational field among insat and GSAT series?

EDUSAT satellite
EDUSAT satellite in the INSAT and GSAT series is used specially in the field of education.

What are the satellites launched by India?

List of Indian Satellites – (1975 – 2021)

Launch year	Satellite
2019	Chandrayaan-2
2019	Cartosat-3
2020	GSAT-30
2020	EOS-01

When did India launch its first education satellite Why was it launched?

This was the first dedicated “Educational Satellite” that provide the country with satellite based two way communication to class room for delivering educational materials….EDUSAT.

Mission	Education
Launch date	September 20, 2004
Launch site	SHAR, Sriharikota, India
Launch vehicle	GSLV-F01
Orbit	Geostationary (74oE longitude)

How was India’s first satellite launched?

Aryabhata spacecraft
The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India’s first satellite; it was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975.