Despite a series of system failures aboard the spacecraft, controllers were able to successfully lower GFO to a disposal orbit and shut it down on November 25, 2008. A successor mission, named GFO-2, was planned for launch in 2014, and would have featured a dual-band altimeter, instead of the single-band altimeter on the previous spacecraft. GFO-2 was cancelled by the U.S. Navy on 30 June 2010.
Despite technical difficulties with the spacecraft, controllers successfully maneuvered GFO into a disposal orbit and shut it down on November 25, 2008. A planned successor mission, GFO-2, was intended to launch in 2014 but was cancelled by the U.S. Navy on June 30, 2010.