CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0382
GOCE
GOCE (NORAD 34602) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 November 2013 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 4 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
34602
International designator
2009-013A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
17 Mar 2009Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Nov 2013Recorded time 00:16 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 7 months1,700 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 96.6°
Mass
1,200 kg
Operator
ESA
Built by
EADS Astrium/DF
Bus
GOCE
Programme
Earth Exp
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 56.0°S, 60.0°W at 00:16 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 7 monthsGOCE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Nov 2013
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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