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France Has a Launch Base Built in the Middle of Sahara: the Day It Placed Its First Satellite in Orbit, It Had Less than Two Years to Leave Everything

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In 1965, France launched its first satellite from a secret base in the heart of the Algerian Sahara. But Algeria's independence imposed an unrelenting delay: less than two years to abandon everything. How did an emerging space power turn this debacle into a triumph with Kourou? More
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France Has a Launch Base Built in the Middle of Sahara: the Day It Placed Its First Satellite in Orbit, It Had Less than Two Years to Leave Everything

In 1965, France launched its first satellite from a secret base in the heart of the Algerian Sahara. But Algeria's independence imposed an unrelenting delay: less than two years to abandon everything. How did an emerging space power turn this debacle into a triumph with Kourou? More

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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