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The mission

ESA's Earth Explorer GOCE mission was dedicated to map Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision and provided the most accurate model of the 'geoid' ever produced to further our understanding of how Earth works. After more than four years in orbit, the mission came to a natural end on 11 November 2013, but the wealth of data from GOCE continues to be exploited to improve our understanding of ocean circulation, sea level, ice dynamics, Earth’s interior and climate change.

The launch

Date: 17 March 2009
Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launcher: Rockot

1st in the Explorer series
1-2 cm geoid accuracy
260 km altitude

GOCE

Rockot launch tower

GOCE launch confirmed for Tuesday 17 March

16/03/2009 611 views 0 likes

Launch tower at Plesetsk

Launch of ESA’s gravity mapping satellite delayed

16/03/2009 1544 views 0 likes

GOCE ready for launch

16/03/2009 1047 views 0 likes

Spacecraft Operations Manager Juan Piñeiro in ESOC's Main Control Room

Enabling & Support

ESA teams in Germany, Russia in last GOCE rehearsal

15/03/2009 410 views 0 likes

Launch tower

GOCE timeline for 16 March 2009

13/03/2009 449 views 0 likes

Ground Operations Manager

Enabling & Support

Ground operations ready for GOCE launch

12/03/2009 1124 views 0 likes

Follow GOCE launch on Twitter

11/03/2009 538 views 1 likes

Launch tower at Plesetsk

ESA's gravity satellite moves to launch pad

11/03/2009 1292 views 0 likes

GOCE in orbit

GOCE satellite launch – mapping the Earth’s gravity as neve…

09/03/2009 2296 views 0 likes

ESA’s YouTube spotlights GOCE

09/03/2009 797 views 0 likes

GOCE Flight Dynamics team: practising for launch

GOCE: Orbiting on the edge

06/03/2009 2113 views 0 likes

European scientists take the measure of gravity

20/02/2009 653 views 0 likes

GOCE in Plesetsk

March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

04/02/2009 1335 views 0 likes

Different spheres of the Earth system

Landmark year ahead for Earth observation science missions

16/01/2009 1652 views 0 likes

GOCE mounted onto Breeze

GOCE launch delayed until 2009

24/10/2008 1882 views 0 likes

Manoeuvring GOCE in the cleanroom

GOCE launch postponed

16/10/2008 787 views 0 likes

Fairing with logos

GOCE team gearing up for new launch date

02/10/2008 897 views 0 likes

J. Piñeiro

Enabling & Support

GOCE Spacecraft Operations Manager: Interview with Juan Piñ…

26/09/2008 759 views 0 likes

GOCE in orbit

Launch of GOCE delayed

08/09/2008 1254 views 0 likes

Last look at GOCE

Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE

04/09/2008 942 views 0 likes

GOCE positioned for alignment check

GOCE Earth Explorer satellite to look at the Earth’s surfac…

22/08/2008 3116 views 0 likes

ESA mission controllers in simulation training for GOCE launch

Enabling & Support

Countdown for GOCE: launch simulation for ground team

14/08/2008 1332 views 0 likes

Safe arrival for GOCE at Arkhangelsk

GOCE arrives safely at launch site in Russia

05/08/2008 821 views 0 likes

GOCE

GOCE begins its journey to launch site

29/07/2008 892 views 0 likes

GOCE in ESA's test facilities

Enabling & Support

GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia

24/07/2008 1071 views 0 likes

GOCE in the Large Space Simulator

Enabling & Support

September launch for ESA's gravity mission GOCE

27/05/2008 1452 views 0 likes

GOCE

GOCE Media day at ESA/ESTEC

20/03/2008 786 views 0 likes

GOCE, mapping gravity as never before

GOCE - Mapping gravity as never before

14/02/2008 599 views 0 likes

Opening the transport container at ESA

Gravity satellite GOCE arrives at ESA's test centre

27/08/2007 1127 views 2 likes

Mount Everest

Mapping mountains from space with GOCE

01/08/2007 2353 views 0 likes

Celebrating completion of ESA's Earth Explorer, GOCE

30/07/2007 527 views 0 likes

GOCE at Thales Alenia Space

ESA’s Earth Explorer gravity satellite on show

19/07/2007 1657 views 1 likes

GOCE satellite flight model in Alcatel Alenia Space, Turin, Italy

Scientists view GOCE satellite

30/03/2007 1293 views 0 likes

GOCE Data Announcement of Opportunity released

09/10/2006 378 views 0 likes

Gradiometer instrument (excluding harness)

Materials science helps GOCE satellite win performance

25/08/2006 1886 views 1 likes

ArcGP grid, Jan 2006 (mGal)

Enabling & Support

Learning about Arctic Ocean circulation & ice thickness by …

14/06/2006 573 views 1 likes

GOCE satellite

Third GOCE Workshop

07/04/2006 505 views 0 likes

The Earth's gravity field (geoid)

Enabling & Support

Earth’s gravity scar

25/04/2005 2526 views 1 likes

Signing of the GOCE High-Level Processing Facility Contract

Contract signed for GOCE data analysis and modelling

26/10/2004 555 views 0 likes

Uncovering the GOCE structural model

ESA’s gravity satellite arrives at ESTEC for testing

29/04/2004 862 views 0 likes

GOCE: orbiting on the edge

Workshop on ESA’s gravity mission

18/03/2004 441 views 0 likes

Rockot in its Launch Container with Stationary Mast ready for launch

GOCE Launch Contract awarded to Eurockot

04/03/2004 945 views 0 likes

Earth Gravity Field from Space - from Sensors to Earth Sciences

Earth Gravity Field from Space - from Sensors to Earth Scie…

12/12/2003 1754 views 2 likes

GOCE User Workshop ‘GOCE the Geoid and Oceanography’ to be …

25/08/2003 416 views 0 likes

ESA releases GOCE Announcement of Opportunity

27/05/2003 389 views 0 likes

Announcement of Opportunities for GOCE

13/02/2003 438 views 0 likes

Danish military airbase 'Station Nord' in Greenland

Scientists brave the cold carrying out the European Survey …

31/05/2002 1087 views 0 likes

Computer-aided design drawing of the GOCE satellite

Construction of ESA’s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean …

28/05/2002 1154 views 0 likes

Surface gravity data, GOCE satellite gravity gradients and digital topography

Workshop on Earth Gravity Field from Space

03/04/2002 437 views 0 likes

Laser Radar Altimeter Campaign (LaRA)

Four Future Campaigns further the Earth Explorers programme

06/03/2002 999 views 1 likes

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