★ For the photos of the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, follow this link.
Kourou is located 60 km north-west of the capital Cayenne at the mouth of the Kourou River on the Atlantic coast. In 1965 the Centre Spatial Guyanais (Guiana Space Centre) was founded behind the town.
![Map: Kourou](/Maps/Countries-visited/France/French-Guiana/Kourou.map.png)