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French Guiana

Type: Country

Name: French Guiana

population: 194,277

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

SES SA

SES’ O3b launch gets ready

In less than 4 weeks from now a mini-constellation of four satellites will lift off from French Guiana . The project is called O3b (standing for the “other 3 billion) and is designed to provide connection services to these other 3 billion of the planet’s ... [Published Advanced Television - May 24 2013]

Entities: SES SA, French Guiana, Broadband, Arianespace

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Arianespace

France's Arianespace announces to launch Soyuz in June

The Soyuz launcher for Arianespace's milestone medium-lift mission is rapidly taking shape in French Guiana, said the aerospace group in a statement on Friday. "This vehicle undergoes its build-up for a June flight with the first four satellites in O3b ... [Published Individual.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Arianespace, O3b Networks, French Guiana, France

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Leeds Bradford Airport foils bird smuggling attempts >

Customs officers have thwarted two separate attempts by smugglers to bring a hoard of birds into the UK inside suitcases.In total, nine Grey Francolin birds from South Asia were found in wooden cages concealed in the bags of two passengers entering Britain ... [Published Opodo - May 23 2013]

Entities: Leeds, Smuggling, Grey Francolin, Leeds City Council, Hummingbird

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

European Space Agency

Europe's new Earth monitoring probe takes first image

First raw image from Proba-V, acquired over France’s west coast on 15 May 2013. Image credit: ESA(Sen) - Proba-V, the European Space Agency's Earth watching satellite, is in good health following its launch last week. The satellite's vegetation imager ... [Published SEN - May 20 2013]

Entities: European Space Agency, Kourou (French Guiana), French Guiana

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Toronto stock exchange

The second most important factor in picking a winning mining investment

Jurisdiction risk continues to grow as a result of countries attempting to capitalize on higher commodity prices. In this interview for The Gold Report, Thibaut Lepouttre, editor of Caesars Report, a newsletter and mining portal in Belgium, discusses ... [Published Resource Investor - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mining, Toronto stock exchange, Columbus Gold Corp

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 10 reports

Wessex Exploration Plc

Shell Spuds Third Well in French Guiana Program

Northern Petroleum Plc announced that GM-ES-4, the third well of the current four well exploration program in the Guyane Maritime Permit (French Guiana) has been spud by Shell as Operator May 3.Northern through holding 50 per cent of Northpet Investments ... [Published Rigzone - May 08 2013]

Entities: French Guiana, Maritime, Wessex Exploration Plc, Northern Petroleum

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 3 reports

Tullow confirms 2013 output target underpinned by Ghana's oil

London (Platts)--8May2013/734 am EDT/1134 GMTTullow Oil confirmed Wednesday it expects to grow its oil and gas production by up to 16% this year, underpinned by output from its 50% stake in the Jubilee oil field offshore Ghana.The UK-based company said ... [Published Platts - May 08 2013]

Entities: Ghana, French Guiana, Ethiopia, Wessex Exploration Plc, Kenya

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Tullow Oil is delivering steady and reassuring progress, says Morgan Stanley

Tullow Oil ( LON:TLW ) is delivering steady and reassuring progress according to analysts at Morgan Stanley . Analyst Jamie Maddock, who recommends investors should be ‘overweight’ Tullow shares, highlighted in a note that the oil firm maintained ... [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom RSS feed - May 08 2013]

Entities: Tullow Oil PLC, Morgan Stanley & Co, French Guiana

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 10 reports

WATCH: ESA Rocket Blasts Off

On Monday night in the Amazon jungle, the . After two delays made space enthusiasts hold their breath, the launch at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana went off without a hitch at 11:06 PM local time.Vega's primary mission? To launch ESA's tiny Proba-V ... [Published Huffington Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: European Space Agency, Kourou (French Guiana), French Guiana, Launch Pad, Payload

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Found wreckage from French Guiana rocket

What was believed to be the wreckage of a small aircraft that washed up off Penal has been identified instead as parts of a rocket. Director general of the T&T Civil Aviation Authority Ramesh Lutchmedial said the wreckage was in fact components from a ... [Published Trinidad Guardian - May 07 2013]

Entities: French Guiana, Arianespace, Civil Aviation Authority, Joth Singh

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 3 reports

Strong easterly winds postpone Vega countdown

The second Vega flight, due on 4 May from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, has been postponed. The countdown was proceeding normally until it was halted 30 minutes before the planned liftoff owing to unfavourable weather conditions in the upper a ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - May 06 2013]

Entities: French Guiana, Altitude, Atmosphere

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 7 reports

European Vega rocket launch delayed due to weather (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) - The launch Saturday of Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, from Kourou in French Guiana was put off until an unspecified date because of poor weather conditions at the space base, the European Space Agency said. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - May 04 2013]

Entities: Kourou (French Guiana), French Guiana, European Space Agency

Quotes

"Once completed, the Soyuz will be ready for its rollout to the Spaceport's ELS launch pad, where it will be raised to the vertical position, preparing it for integration of the O3b Networks satellite payload, performed with the protection of a 53-meter-tall mobile gantry" the leading aerospace group said

France's Arianespace announces to launch Soyuz in June [Published Individual.com - May 24 2013]

"Our officers are trained to expect the unexpected, but were surprised when they realised just what the passengers were smuggling."

Leeds Bradford Airport foils bird smuggling attempts > [Published Opodo - May 23 2013]

"The bad things that happened at OGX help him as a lesson to him," he said in a telephone interview. "Onshore and shallow-water areas, especially in gas, should be Ouro Preto’s niche."

Billionaire Batista’s Alter-Ego Searching for Oil, Gas [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]

...This transaction clearly demonstrates our continued dedication to protecting our shareholders from dilution." Mr. Giustra further added, "With the proceeds of the royalty sale, Columbus Gold now has some $8.5-million in treasury, placing us in a favourable position respecting the advancement of our Paul Isnard gold project."

Columbus Gold receives $5-million (U.S.) from NSR sale [Published Stockwatch - May 21 2013]

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