#OTD 9 April 1968, #fifty years ago, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, becomes operational with its first launch of a @CNES #Veronique sounding rocket https://t.co/t0LNaPNTOM pic.twitter.com/2fHFPkoeTY

— ESA space history (@ESA_History) April 9, 2018