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Using data provided by the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) spacecraft, scientists were recently able to finish compiling the first map of the so-called Moho, the boundary between our planet's crust and mantle.
Geologists say that the latter lies and floats on the former, and be... |
9 March 2012
09:38 GMT |
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Earlier today, March 31, the Technische Universität München (TUM) in Munich, Germany hosted the Fourth International GOCE User Workshop, which was organized by the European Space Agency(ESA). At the meeting, experts were presented with the first geoid model the satellite produced. The Gravity Field and Stea... |
31 March 2011
08:56 GMT |
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Just two short years following its launch, the GOCE satellite has completed a full-globe gravity map of our planet. This finally reveals the world's 'geoid' reference shape, and it was all possible thanks to the spacecraft that has been dubbed the most beautiful satellite in the world. The Gravity fiel... |
5 March 2011
06:34 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency decided to prolong funding for the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite for another 18 months, which means that the mission will not end in April 2011 as originally scheduled.Most likely, the spacecraft will continue to fly until the end of ... |
26 November 2010
03:57 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the GOCE satellite has returned to its unusually-low operating orbit, after executing a series of maneuvers to compensate for a glitch that occurred earlier this year. The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer spacecraft operates at the in... |
5 October 2010
06:11 GMT |
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The GOCE satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA) have finally been fixed, experts say. This means that downloading scientific data from the observatory is now again possible. A significant malfunction took place on July 8, when the observatory suddenly and unexpectedly stopped downlinking the data it collected ... |
7 September 2010
05:04 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that the first data batches from their GOCE satellite have finally been posted for public use on the agency's websites. The mission, which launched back in March 2009, has had a very smooth ride (literally), and is currently beginning to produce the first datasets... |
10 June 2010
04:49 GMT |
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Understanding the gravitational pull that our planet exerts is of tremendous importance for the field of space exploration, as well as for determining the best orbits to place satellites in. Due to its uneven nature, the Earth is exerting various degrees of pull over various areas, and this is the main reason why GOC... |
10 May 2010
09:47 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has finally begun transmitting high-quality data from its peculiar, low orbit around the planet. Its ultra-sensitive instruments analyze subtle variations in the Earth's gravitational pull over vario... |
1 October 2009
20:41 GMT |
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Since the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Earth Explorer program, no results have been obtained. Now that the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has finally begun its measurements, the first information will start being circulated. The observatory is designed specifica... |
23 September 2009
05:16 GMT |
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The GOCE satellite, the first instrument to observe Earth's gravity in its smallest variations, has recently proven that it can fly drag-free in the upper atmosphere. Situated in a free-fall orbit of about 250 kilometers, which is very close to the surface, yet high enough to ensure that no air molecules slow it... |
28 May 2009
15:21 GMT |
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The European Space Agency has pondered the idea of building a common operation center for several of its missions over the last years, simply because centralizing them in a single location might prove to be the most effective, efficient, and cheap method of caring for its Earth-observing satellites. That is to say, t... |
6 May 2009
15:31 GMT |
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The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), is one of the most sensitive observatories in Earth's orbit. It carries a highly precise gravity gradiometer aboard, which allows it to detect even the smallest fluctuations in our planet&... |
7 April 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Originally scheduled to be launched on March 16th, the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite was, instead, boosted to orbit on Tuesday, in a launch sequence that culminated in a successful lift-off at 10:21 am EDT (1421 GMT). GOCE's purpose ... |
18 March 2009
02:33 GMT |
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Dubbed “the most beautiful satellite ever built,” the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite is going to launch today, at 1421 GMT, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in northwestern Russia. The goal of the mission, which has been continuou... |
16 March 2009
05:36 GMT |
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