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[Logbook entry 23/06/2025] A key milestone is now locked in: the maiden flight of our #Launcher Zephyr will lift off from our own #launchpad at the #CentreSpatialGuyanais in French Guiana 🚀🌴⤴️   This new pad, hosted on the upcoming ELM #1 also called Diamant complex, will be operated by Latitude. It marks a major investment on our side, and a renewed chapter for French and European space #Sovereignty, with a new actor building, testing, assembling, and launching from national territory 🇫🇷🇪🇺   To make it happen, we’re indeed committing over 8 million euros to develop the launchpad and will open a dedicated subsidiary on site, ensuring a long-term presence and strong local collaboration.   In the coming months, Latitude teams will work closely on site with Centre National d'Études Spatiales and European Space Agency - ESA to shape this new infrastructure and make it a state-of-the-art hub for our future missions 🏗️⏩ Beyond the operational benefits, this project will contribute to the vitality of this strategic #Spaceport and reinforce its key role for European access to orbit 🇪🇺🚀✅   We warmly thank all the public stakeholders who make this possible: CNES, ESA, Secretary general for investment, Direction Générale des Entreprises, the Gouvernement and the European Commission, for their continuous support.   🎞️ Get a first glimpse of what’s to come with this brand-new 3D simulation of our Launcher liftoff from ELM Diamant 🔜 Our 1st flight is coming next year, and we can’t wait to make it real!