{"id":86346,"date":"2010-08-24T23:03:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/esas-goce-satellite-experiences-software-glitch\/"},"modified":"2010-08-24T23:03:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:03:13","slug":"esas-goce-satellite-experiences-software-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/esas-goce-satellite-experiences-software-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA\u2019s GOCE Satellite Experiences Software Glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[08-24-10] The <strong>European Space Agency<\/strong>\u2019s (ESA) Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite, designed to map Earth\u2019s gravitational field, has experienced a software glitch that has rendered the spacecraft unable to send transmissions back to Earth, the agency announced Aug. 23.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESA officials said the glitch was first detected in late July and that technicians are working on a patch that will be installed via radio link by September.<br \/>\nThis is not the first time the satellite has experienced technical difficulties. In February, a primary computer chip on the spacecraft failed, forcing GOCE\u2019s engineers to switch the satellite over to its backup computer. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GOCE, manufactured by Astrium and launched in March 2009, aims to monitor variations in Earth\u2019s gravity caused by ocean trenches, mountains and differences in density to predict how these changes could affect global warming.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">CryoSat-2 Arrives at Baikonur<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tApril 5, 2010<br \/>\n[04-05-10] The European Space  Agency\u2019s (ESA) CryoSat-2 ice satellite has arrived at the Baikonur  Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and has been integrated with the Dnepr rocket  in preparation for its April 8 launch, the ESA announced April\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Thales Alenia Space Ships SMOS to Plesetsk Cosmodrome<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSeptember 18, 2009<br \/>\n[09-18-09] Thales Alenia Space  has shipped the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth  observation satellite to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, for its  scheduled Nov. 2 launch, Thales Alenia Space announced. SMOS is a\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Astrium Awards $37.3 Propulsion Contract to QinetiQ for Mercury Mission<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSeptember 3, 2009<br \/>\n[09-03-09] QinetiQ today  signed a $37.3 million contract with EADS Astrium to supply a  solar-electric propulsion system for the European Space Agency s (ESA\u2019s)  BepiColombo satellite mission to the planet Mercury, scheduled to  launch\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[08-24-10] The European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite, designed to map Earth\u2019s gravitational field, has experienced a software glitch that has rendered the spacecraft unable to send transmissions back to Earth, the agency announced Aug. 23. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESA officials said the glitch was first detected in late July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}