[:ja]オレグ・アルテミエフ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した仏領ギアナのギアナ宇宙センターです。

ギアナ宇宙センター同領のクールーにあるフランス国立宇宙センターのロケット発射基地で、主に欧州宇宙機関ESAやアリアンスペースなどが利用しています。基地は赤道の北に約500km、北緯5度3分と低緯度にあり、静止軌道に載せる静止衛星の打ち上げには適した位置にあります。仏領ギアナは、1604年に、フランス王アンリ4世が港を建設し、アマゾンの調査を行って以降、少しずつフランスから入植者が入るようになり、1638年にカイエンヌの町を設立。1664年から本格的な定住が始まりました。今ではギアナ宇宙センター関連の産業がGDPの25%を占め、1,700人を雇用しています。
地上の様子はこちらです。

参考文献: Oleg Artemyev’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.652: Guiana Space Center, French Guiana🇬🇫
Astronaut Oleg Artemyev captured from ISS the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana.

The Guiana Space Centre or Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) is a French and European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, France. It is near the equator, so that less energy is required to maneuver a spacecraft into an equatorial, geostationary orbit. It also has open sea to the east, so that lower stages of rockets and debris from launch failures are unlikely to fall on human habitations. Since 1604 when France’s Henri IV constructed a seaport to initiate Amazon research, French Guiana increased its settlers. Cayenne was established in 1638. The largest industry is fishing, gold mining and timber, with its location near the equator, France established the Guiana Space Centre in 1966. Today space industry accounts for over 20% of GDP with 1,700 comployment.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Reference: Oleg Artemyev’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.652: Guiana Space Center, French Guiana🇬🇫
Astronaut Oleg Artemyev captured from ISS the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana.

The Guiana Space Centre or Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) is a French and European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, France. It is near the equator, so that less energy is required to maneuver a spacecraft into an equatorial, geostationary orbit. It also has open sea to the east, so that lower stages of rockets and debris from launch failures are unlikely to fall on human habitations. Since 1604 when France’s Henri IV constructed a seaport to initiate Amazon research, French Guiana increased its settlers. Cayenne was established in 1638. The largest industry is fishing, gold mining and timber, with its location near the equator, France established the Guiana Space Centre in 1966. Today space industry accounts for over 20% of GDP with 1,700 comployment.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Reference: Oleg Artemyev’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]