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# France grants Avio 10 year licence to launch from Guiana Space Centre
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-19-france-avio-guiana-launch-licence/
- Published: 2025-08-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:47.000Z
- Description: France's Ministry of Armed Forces granted Italy's Avio a 10 year licence to launch Vega rockets from the Guiana Space Centre independently of Arianespace, formalising Avio's direct access to the European spaceport.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [European Spaceflight, 21 August 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/france-grants-avio-10-year-licence-to-launch-from-guiana-space-centre/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish the licence's financial terms or whether Avio pays Arianespace for shared infrastructure.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)