‘Keys’ to GOCE satellite handed over


Muzi and Floberghagen at the ceremony
 
At a ceremony held in ESRIN, GOCE Project Manager Danilo Muzi(left) formally transferred mission responsibility to GOCE Mission Manager Rune Floberghagen.

The ceremony in ESRIN
 
Mission responsibility was formally transferred from GOCE Project Manager Danilo Muzi to GOCE Mission Manager Rune Floberghagen, at a ceremony held at ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy, on 23 November 2009.

Gravity gradient simulations
 
Worldwide gravity gradients from simulations. GOCE is now gathering data such as shown here to map Earth's gravity with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution. The final gravity map and model of the geoid will provide users worldwide with well-defined data products that will be instrumental in advancing science and applications in a broad range of disciplines. These will range from geodesy, geophysics and surveying to oceanography and sea-level research.



Release date: 17 December 2010