GOCE: Critical operations ongoing

After liftoff 17 March, ESA's GOCE spacecraft is performing very well, having achieved an extremely accurate injection altitude of 283.5 km, just 1.5 km lower than planned. The Mission Control Team is now working round-the-clock shifts to implement a series of critical check-out procedures.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOKLJTYRF_index_0.html

Time: 18. Mar. 2009

Feed: ESA Top News

Topics: critical, goce