| LC control no. | n 92005183 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Centre spatial guyanais |
| Variant(s) | C.S.G. Centre national d'études spatiales (France). Centre spatial guyanais CSG Guiana Space Center |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: Centre national d'études spatiales (France) |
| Beginning date | 1965 |
| Associated country | France French Guiana |
| Located | Kourou (French Guiana) |
| Found in | Desobeau, J.-M. CSG, Centre spatial guyanais, c1990: t.p. (CSG, Centre spatial guyanais) Space in the tropics, 2000: CIP galey (Guiana Space Center; Centre Spatial Guyanais; CSG; of French and European space agencies) Monographie sur la création de la ville de: Kourou, 1973: page 32 (le C.S.G., Centre Spatial Guyanais; a creation of C.N.E.S., Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) Centre Spatial Guyanais website, viewed Aug. 11, 2015: Histoire, Choix de la Guyane (in 1962, with the independence of Algeria, CNES (France) sought a new base for space missions, near the equator; of 14 possible sites, French Guiana satisfied the most conditions; on Apr. 14, 1964 the prime minister, Georges Pompidou, favored French Guiana; the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) was installed in Kourou in 1965) |
| Not found in | Aerospace technology centres, 1988. |
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