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Unique European gravity-measuring satellite launched

Submit on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 05:59

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM; Payload: GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer); Date: 17 March 2009, 1421 UTC; Site: Plesetsk, Russia. The spacecraft with a fuelled mass of 1,052 kg was successfully deployed into the intended near Sun synchronous orbit of approximately 280 km altitude with an inclination of 96.7 degrees.

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