GOCE Launch Campaign at Plesetsk
November 13, 2008
Since July 2008 the GOCE Earth Explorer satellite has been at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
ESA’s Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is a unique satellite that will map the Earth’s gravity field for a better understanding of our planet. Although GOCE was due to lift-off in September 2008, launch has been postponed pending a technical issue on the Rockot launcher.
credit: ESA
Topics:
Environment, Spaceflight, Gravimetry, European Space Agency, Living Planet Programme, Rokot, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer, Space exploration