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# CNES breaks ground on shared microlauncher pad for four European rocket firms
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-17-cnes-elm-multi-user-launch-facility/
- Published: 2025-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:00:51.000Z
- Description: CNES laid the first stone of the Ensemble de Lancement Multi-lanceurs at French Guiana's spaceport, a EUR 50 million shared pad for microlaunchers from Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Latitude and PLD Space.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [European Spaceflight, 18 September 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/construction-officially-begins-on-multi-user-launch-facility-in-french-guiana/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish when any of the four tenant companies will carry out their first launch from the site.

**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 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)