This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product GOCE satellite in orbit. Computer artwork of the ESA's (Europea

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This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product GOCE satellite in orbit. Computer artwork of the ESA's (European Space Agency) GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) 'Earth Explorer' mission in Earth orbit. Since it's launch on 17th March 2009, the GOCE satellite has gathered enough data to map Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision. This has led to the most accurate model of the 'geoid' ever produced (as of 2011). The geoid is the surface of an ideal global ocean in the absence of tides and currents, shaped only by gravity.

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Photo credit: © EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY,P. Carril/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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