A Unique Payload Onboard a Unique Spacecraft
March 17, 2009
Forming the heart of GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer), the gravity gradiometer consists of three pairs of identical ultra-sensitive accelerometers, mounted on three mutually orthogonal ‘arms’. credit: ESA
Topics:
Environment, Spaceflight, Gravimetry, European Space Agency, ESA, Nature, Exploration, Space, Space exploration, Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer