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GOCE

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
March 17, 2009 at 02:21 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Rokot/Briz-KM →
Operator
Eurockot Launch Services
Mission
GOCE
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
123 km
Periapsis
110 km
Inclination
96.57°
Orbital period
86.82 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-013A
NORAD catalog №
34602
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
1.507 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 11, 2013

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 11, 2013
Time in service
4.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed