A space infrastructure of 344 million euros built in French Guiana to accommodate Russian Soyuz rockets was reduced to dust on 24 April 2026. No technical failure, no shortage of customers: it was a political decision taken in Russia and Europe that sealed its fate four years earlier. More
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A space infrastructure of 344 million euros built in French Guiana to accommodate Russian Soyuz rockets was reduced to dust on 24 April 2026. No technical failure, no shortage of customers: it was a political decision taken in Russia and Europe that sealed its fate four years earlier. More