Inspecting GOCE's solar panels

Solar panel inspection during final testing at ESA-ESTEC at the end of 2007. In orbit, the same side of the GOCE satellite remains facing the Sun. The spacecraft can tolerate temperatures as high as 160ºC and as low as minus 170ºC.

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ESA-Anneke Le Floc'h
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Observing the Earth Space Engineering
GOCE
Future EO
Spacecraft engineering Testing