Kourou, French Guiana

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana Wednesday 17 June 2026

Rocket launch

Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Crossing your sky
When
9:21 AM
Highest around 9:30 AM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

5:56 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:44 PM

6:44 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

6:14 PM Golden hour
6:44 PM Sunset
7:06 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 9:40 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:40 PM to 5:03 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 56° above it
Highest at
12:30 AM
Sky fully dark
8:00 PM to 5:03 AM
Sky darkness
Limited
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

9% lit

8:49 AM – 9:34 PM

ENE WNW
8:49 AM Moonrise
9:07 AM 4°
3:14 PM Highest, 74°
9:17 PM 4°
9:34 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:56 AM–6:18 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:48 AM
  • Moonrise 8:50 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:14 PM–6:44 PM
  • Sunset 6:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:44 PM–7:06 PM
  • Evening best color 7:00 PM
  • Fully dark 8:00 PM–5:03 AM
  • Moonset 9:35 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:40 PM–5:03 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Milky Way Visible 7:28 PM to 10:18 PM with no moon, 42° above the southwestern horizon - 7 nights 7 Oct to 13 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:49 PM International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 86 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 5:50 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 34 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:03 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:50 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 7.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 2:19 PM

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