Gravity satellite leads new wave

The European Space Agency has launched its Goce gravity mapping satellite. Goce left Earth at 1421 GMT on a modified intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in north-west Russia. The mission will give scientists new insights into how the interior of the planet is structured and provide key information on how the oceans move. The satellite is part of an armada of European spacecraft being sent up to study the planet. More

(Source: BBC News - Mar 19)