Category:GOCE

**Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer**
	former ESA satellite which mapped Earth's gravity field
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Instance of	research satellite; zero-drag satellite; former entity;
Part of	Earth Explorer Programme;
Operator	European Space Agency;
Start point	Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133;
Manufacturer	Alenia Spazio (general contractor); Astrium (spacecraft bus); Alcatel Space (gradiometer); Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales (accelerometer);
Space launch vehicle	Rokot (511-6992-012P);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	17 March 2009 (14:21:14);
Service entry	September 2009;
Service retirement	21 October 2013 (fuel starvation);
Significant event	rocket launch (2009, Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133); service entry (2009); service retirement (fuel starvation, 2013); loss of signal (2013); atmospheric entry (2013);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (1,600 watt);
Mass	1,052 kg (launch weight);
Width	2.366 m;
Diameter	1.15 m;
Length	5.307 m;
Cost	350,000,000 Euro (spacecraft, launch vehicle, spacecraft operation, 2013);
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