GOCE
ESA TV Exchanges
Scheduled for launch in spring 2008 onboard a Rockot launcher from Plesetsk (Russian Federation), GOCE will significantly improve our knowledge of solid Earth physics and climate research. A better understanding of the gravity field will advance our knowledge of how the Earth works and trigger a number of important practical applications, such as an improved understanding of ocean circulation as well as a greater insight into sea-level change.
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under :http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS56652.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under :http://esa.contentcoders.com/mphi/goce_TV_14-04-08_wmphigh.wmv
The same set of files is also available at the e-vision ftp.
More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMQQU6DWZE_index_0.html

GOCE
10.00.40 Opening image: sea near Noordwijk
Accurately measuring sea-levels is seen as essential in a world where the consequences of climate change are debated around the clock. Our understanding of the role that the oceans play in climate, and key issues like sea-level rise, will be improved with a better knowledge of Earthís gravity. Varying estimates of sea-level rise from place to place ñ and the role of ocean circulation makes it critical to learn as much as we can about influence of gravity on the sea surface.
image: ESA Exterior
The European Space Agency has prepared a special mission to map the gravity field and to derive its impact on the behaviour of oceans.
image: GOCE sat at ESTEC
This will happen with the launch of GOCE, the first of a series of new ESA earth observation satellites, GOCE stands for Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer.
Soundbite Danilo Muzi:
""This is the first mission for ESA entirely dedicated to