BAF (Ariane 5 Final Assembly Building)
French Guiana /
Cayenne /
Kourou /
World
/ French Guiana
/ Cayenne
/ Kourou
World / French Guiana / Cayenne
This is where the assembled rocket meets the payload and payload fairing. Lots of launcher checks are made here also. After this the rocket makes a 1 hour trip to the launch pad to the north
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Spatial_Guyanais
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 5°13'4"N 52°46'6"W
- Ariane 6 launch complex 6.7 km
- Papaichton 219 km
- Laarwijk 261 km
- Susanna's Daal 267 km
- Livorno 279 km
- Rieshi 279 km
- Pikin Saron 289 km
- Bigi Poika 307 km
- Apetina 317 km
- Pusugrunu 348 km
- Orchidée Technical Centre (ZTO) 0.6 km
- Roche Elisabeth 1.2 km
- ZL2 (Ariane 4 Launch Pad) 1.7 km
- ZLV (Vega Launch Pad) 2.2 km
- ZL3 (Ariane 5 launch pad) 2.4 km
- Guiana Space Center 2.4 km
- Sounding Rockets Launch Complex 4.2 km
- Roche Nicole 4.6 km
- Diane S-/X-band telemetry/tracking station (European Space Agency) 5.5 km
- Carrière de Roche Corail 13 km