Global launch pads

GUF · Pad 40

Soyuz Launch Complex

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Soyuz Launch Complex launchpad

The range

A fixed point beneath moving missions.

The Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS) is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou/Sinnamary, French Guiana. It was used by Soyuz-ST rockets: modified versions of the Soyuz-2 optimised for launch from Kourou under Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre programme.

Launch history

Missions from this pad.

Complete launch history

Launch Successful

Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | MetOp-C

Nov 7, 2018

Launch Successful

Soyuz STA/Fregat | Sentinel-1A

Apr 3, 2014

Launch Successful

Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM9-FM12

Dec 18, 2014

Launch Successful

Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | Gaia

Dec 19, 2013

Launch was a Partial Failure

Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)

Aug 22, 2014

Launch Successful

Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5

Jun 25, 2013

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