News articles tagged with 'GOCE'
GOCE gravity mission back in action
— 7 Sep 2010 12:03 | EnvironmentESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected,…
GOCE achieves drag-free perfection
— 28 May 2009 13:07 | EnvironmentVolker Liebig, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes commented, 'I am very pleased to see another world premier by GOCE, after having already demonstrated the first gradiometer…
GOCE completes early orbit phase
— 22 Mar 2009 16:00 | EnvironmentESA's GOCE satellite was formally declared ready for work at 01:00 CET on 20 March. During the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase beginning with separation from its booster on 17…
Big and small dents
— 19 Mar 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentThe Earth explorer satellite GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer), built by the European Space Agency ESA, was successfully launched from the Russian Cosmodrome…
March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission
— 4 Feb 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentESA is now gearing up to return to Russia to oversee preparations for the launch of its GOCE satellite - now envisaged for launch on 16 March 2009. This follows implementation of the…
GOCE launch delayed until 2009
— 24 Oct 2008 11:24 | EnvironmentThe Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance…
GOCE team gearing up for new launch date
— 9 Oct 2008 11:08 | EnvironmentESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite…
Launch of GOCE satellite delayed
— 8 Sep 2008 15:24 | EnvironmentThe preparatory activities for the launch of ESA's GOCE satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia had to be stopped yesterday afternoon (Sunday 7 September) by Eurockot…
Last-ever look at European Space Agency's gravity satellite GOCE
— 4 Sep 2008 17:37 | EnvironmentAs preparations for the launch of GOCE on 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia…
ESA ground team in simulation training for GOCE launch
— 14 Aug 2008 17:05 | EnvironmentThe Mission Control Team at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are now in intense training for the scheduled 10 September launch of GOCE, the Agency's Gravity field and steady-state…