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GOCE re-entered Earth’s atmosphere – no incidents

Submit on Monday, November 11th, 2013 22:58

Close to 0000 UTC on 11 November, ESA’s GOCE satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on a descending orbit pass that extended across Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica. As expected, the satellite disintegrated in the high atmosphere and no damage to property has been reported.

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