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Operator: France. Country: French Guiana. Latitude: 5.20 N. Longitude: 52.73 W. Minimum Inclination: 5.0 degrees. Maximum Inclination: 100.0 degrees. Comments: After being ejected from Algeria, French selected this site in a remaining colony adjacent to Devil's Island. Equatorial location maximizes payload to geosynchronous orbit.
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Last update 12 March 2001.
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