Eurockot Launch ServicesRokot/Briz-KM133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
GOCE
Launched
March 17, 2009
Image: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Summary
GOCE launched on an Eurockot Launch Services Rokot/Briz-KM from 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on March 17, 2009. It was Eurockot Launch Services's 8th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,968th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Rokot/Briz-KM flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). GOCE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 298 km orbit inclined 96.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Rokot/Briz-KM · Eurockot Launch Services
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 10th Rokot/Briz-KM flight · 1st this yearEurockot Launch Services's 8th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,968th orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GOCE · NORAD 34602 · 2009-013 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GOCE
- Object ID
- 2009-013A
- Epoch
- 2009-03-17 20:09:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.97441778 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013366
- Inclination
- 96.7095°
- Ascending node
- 85.5283°
- Arg. of perigee
- 322.6733°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.3615°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.00035273
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- GOCE · NORAD 34602 · re-entered November 11, 2013
Briz-KM No. 72511 · re-entered May 1, 2009
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
European Earth observation satellite complementing the CHAMP and GRACE missions
Pad
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
138th launch from 133/3 (133L), 1st this year · 1,564th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
159 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
297 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did GOCE launch?
GOCE launched on March 17, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch GOCE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GOCE?
Rokot/Briz-KM, flown by Eurockot Launch Services. Rokot/Briz-KM spec sheet
Where did GOCE launch from?
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did GOCE reach?
GOCE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 298 km orbit inclined 96.7°.
How many satellites did GOCE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).