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If the French space agency (when looking for a new site for their spaceport in the mid-1960s to get away from their existing site in Algeria) had not chosen French Guiana in which to put the new spaceport, would it have chosen present-day Suriname or Guyana (given similar geographies to French Guiana)?
After all, the French did investigate some sites in non-French areas like Brazil, Australia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, and Somalia. And Italy did install a space centre in Kenya (not a former Italian colony).
For more reference, see the following page from the French space agency: http://www.cnes-csg.fr/web/CNES-CSG-en/ ... guiana.php
After all, the French did investigate some sites in non-French areas like Brazil, Australia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, and Somalia. And Italy did install a space centre in Kenya (not a former Italian colony).
For more reference, see the following page from the French space agency: http://www.cnes-csg.fr/web/CNES-CSG-en/ ... guiana.php