CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GRACE
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Full Name
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , DLR , ESA, GFZ
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Launch Date
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17 Mar 2002
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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27 Oct 2017
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #s
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27391 (TLE), 27392 (TLE)
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International Designators
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2002-012A, 2002-012B
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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91 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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89 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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327 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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5-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Extremely high precision gravity measurements for use in construction of gravity field models. GRACE consists of two satellites (A, B) serving one mission.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 151  )
AVISO Level 4 Absolute Dynamic Topography for Climate Model Comparison
Clock conversion parameters from receiver to GPS time for GRACE-A
CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 ve ...
CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04 in netCDF/ASCI ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version ...
ECCO Gent-McWilliams Bolus Transport Streamfunction - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4)
ECCO Gent-McWilliams Bolus Transport Streamfunction - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4)
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