GOCE launched!

By Djenar Siti

This afternoon at 15.21 CET, ESA's GOCE satellite (Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer) was launched from Plesetsk atop a Rockot launcher.

Its task is to complete a new mapping of Earth's gravity field distribution with unprecedented accuracy. Such accuracy will be able to analyze and study the difference in altimetry of the ocean surface that is tightly linked with ocean temperature and circulation.


If you like you can enjoy the launch replay HERE

and some other animations HERE