(European Space Agency) GOCE, the first of a series of Earth Explorer satellites to be launched into orbit, has taken off aboard an Antonov-124 cargo aircraft for its flight to the Arkhangelsk Airport in Russia, en route to Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow.
explorer satellitesGOCE begins its journey to launch siteEurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Tue, 07/29/2008 - 23:00
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