Kourou

/ ˈkuːruː /

noun

1. a town in N central French Guiana; site of the European Space Agency's launch and research base. Pop: 19 107 (1999)

Example Sentences

ESA's XMM-Newton observatory was launched in December 1999 from Kourou, French Guiana.

From Science Daily

It follows a "successful" seven-minute-long, hot-fire test on the vehicle's main engine at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

From BBC

Mr. Erdogan has been a pioneer in tapping the power of women in grass-roots politics in Turkey, said Nur Sinem Kourou, a professor at Istanbul Kultur University who has studied his party’s women’s groups.

From New York Times

“We have to protect him,” Ms. Kourou said, summarizing their views.

From New York Times

“The fact that the women’s branches are on the ground every week, every day means that they analyze society very well,” Ms. Kourou said.

From New York Times