French Guiana News

Flight International online news 10:00GMT: Thai satellite communications company Shin Satellite and Arianespace have signed a launch contract for the Thaicom 5 satellite.

Q: Concerning your question and answer on Romer's determining the speed of light in 1672, how did he know the diameter of Earth's orbit? Even today, without using sophisticated equipment, it would be difficult.1.3

Crude hits US$66 a barrel , new record New York: Oil prices rose more than a dollar to hit $66 for the first time on the New York Mercantile Exchange, another record yesterday, driven by Iran's stand-off with ...2.7

MUMBAI: Broadband satellite Thaicom 4 , the heaviest commercial satellite ever delivered to geosynchronous orbit, was lofted succesfully aboard an Ariane 5 launcher during an early-morning mission yesterday, ...2.9

A new generation space rocket engine, designed to propel Soyuz and Angara rocket vehicles, was successfully tested in Voronezh, a city 450 kilometers south of Moscow.2.7

U.S.-based creditors holding more than two-thirds in amount of the outstanding debt of Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. , the leading Mexican satellite operator in the Americas, expressed their disappointment ...

A local resident has embarked on a journey to make the gold mining industry safer and more effective, one country at a time.1.3

The international community will meet in Montreal Thursday and Friday to stress the dire situation in Haiti, plagued by political instability and hit by a recent wave of criminal activity, including ...2.9

A transmission problem developed today at 10:21 am (1421 GMT) over the Americas II cable system.2.9

The French Guiana link goes back to the 1970s, after Hmong refugees were left behind when their US allies pulled out of South East Asia.1.3