The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a> (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European <i id="mwAVI"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a></i> rocket from Europe's spaceport in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kourou,_French_Guiana" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kourou, French Guiana">Kourou, French Guiana</a>.