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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

GOCE in orbit

ESA’s GOCE mission to end this year

13/09/2013 11717 views 59 likes

Gravity lowdown

10/09/2013 6516 views 41 likes

SMOS tracks Hurricane Igor

ESA’s Earth satellites are stars

21/06/2013 6530 views 34 likes

GOCE: the first seismometer in orbit

08/03/2013 24586 views 87 likes

Sea level station

GOCE settles debate on sloping sea

15/02/2013 9034 views 51 likes

Improved spatial resolution

GOCE’s second mission improving gravity map

16/11/2012 7445 views 11 likes

Gravity satellite to benefit future missions

19/07/2012 4435 views 5 likes

Global Moho from GOCE

Mapping the Moho with GOCE

09/03/2012 13702 views 33 likes

Earth's gravity revealed in unprecedented detail

31/03/2011 93647 views 94 likes

GOCE results press briefing

31/03/2011 2560 views 14 likes

GOCE in orbit

Follow the GOCE results press briefing live

28/03/2011 1426 views 1 likes

GOCE delivers on its promise

04/03/2011 4560 views 5 likes

Mean dynamic topography of global ocean

ESA missions highlighted at world's largest scientific conf…

17/12/2010 1857 views 1 likes

Building a picture of the gravity field

ESA's gravity mission granted 18-month extension

25/11/2010 1651 views 2 likes

GOCE fully operational again

29/09/2010 977 views 0 likes

GOCE in orbit

GOCE gravity mission back in action

07/09/2010 2920 views 3 likes

GOCE first global gravity model

GOCE giving new insights into Earth’s gravity

29/06/2010 17546 views 18 likes

Building a picture of the gravity field

ESA makes first GOCE dataset available

09/06/2010 2932 views 4 likes

Muzi (left) and Floberghagen at the ceremony

‘Keys’ to GOCE satellite handed over

25/11/2009 1439 views 0 likes

Gravity gradient simulations

GOCE delivering data for best gravity map ever

30/09/2009 5988 views 13 likes

GOCE in orbit

GOCE achieves drag-free perfection

26/05/2009 3670 views 2 likes

GOCE in orbit

Enabling & Support

ESA's low-flying gravity-detector was weighty technology ch…

16/04/2009 1054 views 1 likes

GOCE gradiometer

GOCE’s ‘heart’ starts beating

08/04/2009 1773 views 0 likes

Counteracting drag

GOCE's electric ion propulsion engine switched on

06/04/2009 6374 views 6 likes

Smiling faces: GOCE team from industry and ESA at end of LEOP

Enabling & Support

GOCE completes early orbit phase

20/03/2009 1881 views 0 likes

GOCE Flight Control Team in Main Control Room round-the-clock

Enabling & Support

GOCE: Critical operations ongoing

18/03/2009 1376 views 0 likes

GOCE liftoff

ESA launches Earth Explorer mission GOCE

17/03/2009 3472 views 2 likes

ESA's Juergen Schmid during GOCE launch rehearsal, 13 March

Launch readiness confirmed

17/03/2009 718 views 0 likes

GOCE liftoff

GOCE launch in pictures

17/03/2009 1174 views 1 likes

GOCE liftoff

Watch the GOCE launch live

17/03/2009 1835 views 0 likes

Rockot launch tower

GOCE launch confirmed for Tuesday 17 March

16/03/2009 608 views 0 likes

Launch tower at Plesetsk

Launch of ESA’s gravity mapping satellite delayed

16/03/2009 1537 views 0 likes

GOCE ready for launch

16/03/2009 1040 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 407 views 0 likes

Launch tower

GOCE timeline for 16 March 2009

13/03/2009 447 views 0 likes

Ground Operations Manager

Enabling & Support

Ground operations ready for GOCE launch

12/03/2009 1109 views 0 likes

Follow GOCE launch on Twitter

11/03/2009 532 views 1 likes

Launch tower at Plesetsk

ESA's gravity satellite moves to launch pad

11/03/2009 1287 views 0 likes

GOCE in orbit

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

09/03/2009 2271 views 0 likes

ESA’s YouTube spotlights GOCE

09/03/2009 789 views 0 likes

GOCE Flight Dynamics team: practising for launch

GOCE: Orbiting on the edge

06/03/2009 2101 views 0 likes

European scientists take the measure of gravity

20/02/2009 647 views 0 likes

GOCE in Plesetsk

March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

04/02/2009 1325 views 0 likes

Different spheres of the Earth system

Landmark year ahead for Earth observation science missions

16/01/2009 1643 views 0 likes

GOCE mounted onto Breeze

GOCE launch delayed until 2009

24/10/2008 1876 views 0 likes

Manoeuvring GOCE in the cleanroom

GOCE launch postponed

16/10/2008 782 views 0 likes

Fairing with logos

GOCE team gearing up for new launch date

02/10/2008 892 views 0 likes

J. Piñeiro

Enabling & Support

GOCE Spacecraft Operations Manager: Interview with Juan Piñ…

26/09/2008 752 views 0 likes

GOCE in orbit

Launch of GOCE delayed

08/09/2008 1247 views 0 likes

Last look at GOCE

Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE

04/09/2008 937 views 0 likes

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