GOCE
Rokot / Briz-KM
Eurockot Launch Services
Mission
GOCE
Type: Earth Science
European Earth observation satellite complementing the CHAMP and GRACE missions
Location
133/3 (133L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1659 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Rokot/Briz-KM – Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Family: Rokot
Length: 29 m
Diameter: 2.5 m
Launch Mass: 107 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1850 kg
The Rokot/Briz-KM was manufactured by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces with the first launch on . Rokot/Briz-KM has 28 successful launches and 3 failed launches with a total of 31 launches.
Agency
Eurockot Launch Services
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ELS
Country: FRA,RUS
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by ArianeGroup, which holds 51 percent, and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
