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CNES breaks ground on shared microlauncher pad for four European rocket firms

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.

Reported Editor-read European Spaceflight, 18 September 2025

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.

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

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