April 21, 2017 View this email in your browser French Guiana accord sets stage for Arianespace to resume launches WASHINGTON — An agreement between France and its restive South American territory French Guiana, home to Europe's spaceport, has resolved a month-long dispute that had prevented any launch activity since mid-March.  Thanks to the "Accord de Guyane" agreement signed Friday by French and French Guianese officials, launch service provider Arianespace says it will be able to soon resume launch activity and can make up for delays by using previously scheduled downtime over the next two months. "Now that an agreement has been reached, we are fully ready to resume our operations in [the Guiana Space Centre] CSG," an Arianespace official told SpaceNews Friday evening. "We aim to make up for the accumulated delays on the three campaigns that were under way, without impacting the rest of our manifest, by taking advantage of the CSG's availability in May and most of June, since there were no launches scheduled those months." See Full Story   Sponsored by Delivering Mission Success: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Discover why Honeywell technology has been part of NASA's manned space missions since 1958 and is on board 950 satellites and counting – all with 100% mission success. Copyright © 2017 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314