Europe's Gravity-Mapping GOCE Satellite Faces Big Fall from Space

A European-built satellite built to map Earth's gravity like never before is about to fall victim to the planet's ever-present gravitational pull. The European Space Agency's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, or GOCE for short, is nearly out of fuel and will make a nosedive to Earth this month after more than four successful years studying the planet's gravitational field. More

(Source: Space.com - Oct 13)